On Sat, Aug 07, 1999 at 08:40:49AM +1200, Michael Doerner replied to
someone else who said:
> > I enabled CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY in kernel
> > and echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr,
> > but I still loose the first packet.
> > linux/Documentation/networking/ip_dynaddr.txt:
> >
> > IP dynamic address hack-port v0.03
> Yes, That is exactly the same question here. And I am fighting with that
> since a while.
> There seem to be quite a few different opinions out there whether diald with
> a dynamic IP address is supposed to be working or not ... and I am confused.
>
> There are people pointing to the diald FAQ which states that it is normal
> (and probably won't change?) to lose the first packets due to the nature of
> masquerading but other users seem not to have that problem just by using
> echo "1" >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr?
>
> I wanted to use a Linux box with diald in different small networks for their
> Internet access needs but I can't see how to use it for end users with that
> limitation? Do I really have to add a small router to these networks or is
> there someone with more ideas to help us with that?
I have and still use diald on different small networks, some of which
have the dynamic address hack and some which don't.
The time between the first packet and the actual connection
establishment also plays a role here. I have found that adding the
nameserver line three time helps quite a bit since clients won't timeout
just trying to resolve an address. /etc/resolv.conf and equivalents on
other OSs.
The whole purpose of diald is to automate demand dial connections of
which dynamic IPs play a large role. It should work for your clients.
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