I am am one of those who are the newest of newbies, so please have patience with seemingly obvious questions. I am using Redhat 5.2 and the version of Linuxconf that comes standard with the distribution. I am having difficulty configuring a Linux server to do IP masquerading using this set of software. The server hardware platform is a 486 DX2-66 VESA/EISA/ISA system with 20 MB RAM. I am using a 56K dialup PPP connection on a Shark Multimedia PnP modem. The PPP connection is set to be the default route. I can establish the PPP connection after installation and the use of pnpdump/isapnp/setserial to configure the modem. It seems that just as soon as I get the IPFWADM commands right to allow the machines on the LAN to talk to the Internet, build a new kernel, and reboot, the routing information mysteriously and silently gets corrupted and I can't get DNS service anymore. I can establish the PPP link without error, I can ping the PPP address shown by IFCONFIG, but I cannot ping the DNS servers. Linuxconf still reports that IP packet forwarding is enabled and the PPP connection is still set as the default route. The search order is host table, then DNS. The DNS server IP addresses are still valid. I can't find any unusual startup messages. I have reinstalled Linux 5 times and had the same experience each time. The new kernel that I am building each time does not support modules, but it seems that PPP shouldn't care if serial and networking support are built in. Any help you can give might save what hair I've got left after tearing most of it out. Thanks, Matt Callaway --- You are currently subscribed to linuxconf as: [[email protected]] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
