-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 19-Aug-2002/18:03 -0300, Jose Romildo Malaquias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I connect to the internet with a cable modem using the PPPoE >protocol. I am in the process of configuring IP Masquerading >in my internal network, using my Red Hat Linux 7.3 box >as the gateway (IP MASQ server). I am following the IP >Masquerading HOWTO, but I am having some difficult in setting >the stronger ruleset for IPTABLE. > >I am noticing that the IP address I receive is not constant, >but change even after connected to the internet. As the ruleset >used with IPTABLE depends on this IP address, I suppose I >have to rerun the IPTABLE ruleset after each time >I get a new IP address. I have a /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall >script used to set the IPTABLE ruleset, and it should be >run every time I receive a new IP address.
Change your iptables script to use the external interface (ppp0), not the IP address. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE9YWuRpCpg3WyUI50RAkoVAKDYPP4IYH1IajKwZJVLpVSjAOZ6UwCfeFix Im9K2fXsF5hx9ZtarrfksaM= =4BkS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
