Ronald Rand wrote:
> I heard you the first time, John. I wrote that second message before I ever
> got your first one. This is the Newbie section, by the way. Don't worry, I
> won't waste your precious bandwidth because I won't be back. It seems to me
> you're wasting more bandwidth by responding to my message without even
> having anything worth saying.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ronald Rand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] as of last posting, i got ip-masquerading to work...
> but...
>
> > On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> > >
> > > I didn't realize the delay on these posts were over an hour. Thanks in
> > > advance to anyone who answers it in the next hour. But I did get
> > > IP-Masquerading to work. But I have more newbie questions.
> > >
> > > First, is there a way to send an ifconfig command to eth0 before Linux
> tries
> > > to initialize it upon bootup? It keeps hanging for a few minutes and
> failing
> > > and then I have to poke it with an ifconfig command that changes some
> specs.
> > > It would be nice if I could automate this.
> > >
> > > Also, according to the IP-Masquerading FAQ, there's a file called
> > > /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall that I had to make for it to work. But after I
> made
> > > it, and upon rebooting, it didn't take effect. I had to type all the
> code at
> > > the command prompt line-by-line before my Masquerading worked. So my
> > > question is, what is this directory? Are all these rc files supposed to
> > > automatically run on every bootup? Why didn't mine run? Do I have to
> assign
> > > each one somewhere?
> > >
> > > Much thanks in advance!
> > >
> >
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> > Please ditch the HTML when posting to this or any other
> > Linux-related list. It's a pain to try to read and it's
> > also a waste of bandwidth.
> > Thanks...
> > John
> >
Welcome to my trash filter Mr. Rand. By the way I sure I speak for many,
you're welcome for the help getting your IP-Masq'ing to work. Come back when
you grow up some.
--
Joseph S. Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
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