>I am having a huge problem with ipmasquerading. My network and ppp >connection appears to works by themselves. Once I try to use >ipmasquerading I cannont do anything. I cannot connect to anything >(either LAN or Internet) I use a modem to access the Internet. When >ipmasquerading is turned on I cannot ping, traceroute, or use DNS for >LAN or Internet. I am really starting to pull my hair out as this is >absolutely necessary for using this Linux box to connect the LAN at work >to the Internet. If I cannot get this to work, it will be back to NT. >WE DON`T WANT THAT. Please if anyone can give step by step instructions >for setting up ipmasquerading using PPP over a modem connection I would >be very greatfull. I have looked at the ipmasquerading HOW-TO and it is >very poorly written and not very helpful. I have looked in dejanews to >no avail. I have tried setting it up by hand and using the dotfile >generator. Nothing has worked so far. I set it up successfully after reading the ipmasq HOW-TO. Please could you be a little bit more specific what you did "by hand". My first guess (just a shot in the dark) is, that you set up some firewall rules for input and output (I think they're discussed in the HOW-TO) with wrong addresses. If you can reproduce the problem, write what you did. Maybe I can see the mistake. Have you read the man-page for "ipfwadm" ?
>Linux: because reboots are for hardware upgrades! That's the reason why I use it too. Rene
