>I am using Red Hat 5.0 on a AMD K6 with 32 Megs of RAM. I was >interested
in
>working with IP masquerading to provide my home network with >shared net
access
>through my Linux box. I have read the Mini-HOWTO on IP >Masquerading. I
did
>the following:
<big snip>
>Did I leave anything out? I noticed at boot up that there is a >message
that
>says IP forwarding is off.
Linux 5.0 has a nasty thing : Default all IP_Forwarding is OFF. It is
default on in RH4.x.
This means that IP-Masq won't work.
Change the following:
change FORWARD_IPV4=false to FORWARD_IPV4=true
then reboot. Should work now....
> Does ipfwadm "turn it on" or is there a >config I
>have to edit to enable it by default? I was also a little confused with
>the
>mention of modules in the Mini-HOWTO. I added these lines to the >rc.local
file
>in /etc: (This is an approximation of what I remember)
>/sbin/depmod ( I think there was a parameter here? -a?)
>/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
>The rc.local file didn't look like the right place to add these lines. Is
>there
>anywhere else I should look?
>Thanks
Igmar
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