Hi Paul,
You can absolutely do as you say.
You should probably try looking here first...
http://members.home.net/ipmasq/
as it has a well written how-to as well as many other resources.
You can skip the part in the how-to about the kernel compile, a stock Redhat
kernel is set up to work.
Have fun,
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Friday, July 28, 2000, 10:53:15 AM, you wrote:
PS> I am under the impression that if I am using dsl, with a static ip address I
PS> can use a redhat machine with ipchains and two network cards to allow multiple
PS> internal machines to use that one redhat machine (gateway) for browsing the
PS> internet. I suppose that I am trying to use masquerade.
PS> Paul
PS> "Burke, Thomas G." wrote:
>> Do you have a routable internal network, or are you using masquerade?
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Paul Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:34 AM
>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Subject: ipchains question
>> >
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > What is the basic ipchains command that allows internal computers to
>> > make use of a redhat 6.2 machine gateway for browsing the internet.
>> > I've been playing around with ipchains using different commands, but
>> > don't seem to beable to get my internal machines to browse the
>> > internet. I've read the Howto and man pages, but I just want to get my
>> > internal machines browing first before I even move onto tightening
>> > security and such. My ethernet cards are working, I can ping off both
>> > ends (outside onto the internet and internally to clients). My internal
>> > client machines have private ipnumbers, same subnet as internal gateway
>> > card, my isp dns numbers are in place. Am I missing something? Do the
>> > network cards need to be lined up a certain way (internal eth0, external
>> > eth1 is how I have it now)? Ipchains is set up, I can issue commands
>> > and then delete the chains. I have even got it to block ping packets,
>> > but no browsing seems to work from my client ends. Do I have to give
>> > the browsers on my internal machines port numbers, or is the gateway
>> > configuration enough?
>> >
>> > Thanks ahead of time,
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> >
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