On Sat, 04 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> thank you mark,
>
> is there a simliar prog that you know of that might help me set up the
> routing from my other machines so that i can access the internet from
> them? simply setting up masquerading doesn't seem to do the trick, i
> think this is to do with 'default gateways' but i confess the concept of
> gateways confuses me
>
> bascule
>
> Mark Weaver wrote:
> >
> > Actually, as far as I've been able to assertain it doesn't matter where
> > the actual "rules" are kept, however the executable script must be in
> > root's path and must be executable by root. One of the easiest ways to
> > learn about ipchains and how they work is to install and then study
> > PMfirewall from pointman.org. Get this firewall setup and running and
> > you will soon see how ipchains operates. It really takes the mystery out
> > of ipchains.
> >
> > --
> > Mark
>
> > > > i am currently reading up about ipchains but i can find no info about
> > > > where the rules/scripts are kept, all i can deduce is that one creates a
> > > > script of any name and runs it at boot up - or whenever, is that right?
> > > >
> > > > bascule
> > > >
> >
Bascule,
PMfirewall will setup IP Masq for you also. You should only need this
program.
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Eddie Torres
www.veloct.net
