Hello. I'm trying to connect my pocket pc by wíreless to my VMWare Windows 2000 virtual PC. Which means, I need a completely transparent connection between my eth1 (wireless) and vmnet8 (vmware emulated lan) devices.
So far, I've tried using the following script: ----------------------------------------------------------- #!/bin/sh echo -e "\n\nLoading simple rc.firewall version $FWVER..\n" IPTABLES=/sbin/iptables DEPMOD=/sbin/depmod INSMOD=/sbin/modprobe #Setting the EXTERNAL and INTERNAL interfaces for the network # EXTIF="vmnet8" INTIF="eth1" echo " External Interface: $EXTIF" echo " Internal Interface: $INTIF" #====================================================================== #== No editing beyond this line is required for initial MASQ testing == echo -en " loading modules: " # Need to verify that all modules have all required dependencies # echo " - Verifying that all kernel modules are ok" $DEPMOD -a echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------" echo -en "ip_tables, " $INSMOD ip_tables echo -en "ip_conntrack, " $INSMOD ip_conntrack #Load the FTP tracking mechanism for full FTP tracking # # Enabled by default -- insert a "#" on the next line to deactivate # echo -en "ip_conntrack_ftp, " $INSMOD ip_conntrack_ftp #Load the IRC tracking mechanism for full IRC tracking # # Enabled by default -- insert a "#" on the next line to deactivate # echo -en "ip_conntrack_irc, " $INSMOD ip_conntrack_irc echo -en "iptable_nat, " $INSMOD iptable_nat echo -en "ip_nat_ftp, " $INSMOD ip_nat_ftp echo -e "ip_nat_irc" $INSMOD ip_nat_irc echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------" echo -e " Done loading modules.\n" echo " Enabling forwarding.." echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo " Enabling DynamicAddr.." echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr echo " Clearing any existing rules and setting default policy.." $IPTABLES -P INPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -F INPUT $IPTABLES -P OUTPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -F OUTPUT $IPTABLES -P FORWARD DROP $IPTABLES -F FORWARD $IPTABLES -t nat -F #echo " FWD: Allow all connections OUT and only existing and related ones IN" #$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $EXTIF -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -j LOG echo " Enabling SNAT (MASQUERADE) functionality on $EXTIF" $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j MASQUERADE echo -e "\nrc.firewall-2.4 v$FWVER done.\n"ð -------------------------------------------- After applying this script, I'm able to ping the pocketpc from the VMWare system and, when I tap on "Connect" on the pocketpc, Activesync on the VMWare system starts rolling but stops a while later saying a "Critical communication services failed to start..." error which I learned was because a firewall blocked the application. All solutions I found were for Windows, so I would appreciate any help I could get to make this work under Linux. I'm running a Sarge system with a 2.6.12.2 kernel. Thanks in advance, Ronald
