The _easiest_ way to do this with Linux is to install Mandrake 9.1 and use their Internet Connection Sharing Wizard. Took me no time at all to get it working.
Bryan On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 20:38, Angela McCaffrey wrote: > Hello, all. I am looking for the easiest way to set > up a home network sharing a single internet connection > by routing the connection through a linux machine. I > am running kernel 2.4.x and RedHat 8.0 with two > ethernet cards where eth0 is a DHCP address and eth1 > is an internal address. > > Attempts at using ipchains have failed with the > following error: > > ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel. > > I have also made various attempts at using iptables, > but without any success. The basic idea of what I > have attempted to do with iptables is: > > iptables -P FORWARD DROP > iptables -A FORWARD -i ppp0 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 > > I tried adding -j MASQUERADE to the last line, but > that ended with errors. I have also tried a multitude > of other commands, but without any luck. > > Any suggestions? > > Angela > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
