new to linux

[C. Mills]

I got the IP Masquerading working.  I just followed Rusty's Three Line
Guide to Masquerading located on the first link below and everything
worked instantly.  I also allowed IP Forwarding on my WinNT machines, but
I don't think that makes a difference.
boson at u.washington.edu

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 mike at boobaz.net wrote:

> Oh, ah yes.  You should read the manual page for ipchains ('man
> ipchains').  You should also read the ipchains-HOWTO:
> 	http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IPCHAINS-HOWTO.html
> and the Masquerading HOWTO:
> 	http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.html
> 
> Notably, to answer your question, you can examine your current ipchains
> ruleset by executing:
> 	ipchains -L -n
> 
> ---------------------------
> -=<(| mike at boobaz.net |)>=-
> 
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, C. Mills wrote:
> 
> |I installed redhat linux 6.1 on an old p100 yesterday.  I am using it as
> |a ip masquerade server or whatever the proper name is.  Anyway, the
> |computer has eth0(static ip from AT&T) connecting to the internet and
> |eth1(192.168.0.1) connecting to the LAN.  Right now there is only a WinNT
> |4.0 box on the LAN.  It cannot access the internet.  The ip masquerade
> |server can, hence this email.
> |The ip masq box is using the gateway given by AT&T.  The WinNT
> |(192.168.0.2) box has 192.168.0.1 the address of eth1 on ip masq box set
> |as its default gateway.
> |So far the relivent commands that I ran on the ip masq box are:
> |/sbin/depmod -a
> |/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
> |/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
> |/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
> |ech0 "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> |/sbin/ipchains -M -S 7200 10 160
> |/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
> |/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j MASQ
> |# all without any reported errors #
> |I think the firewall part of the ip masq box is blocking information
> |coming into the LAN.  According to the lights on the LAN hub and the cable
> |modem it seems like requests from WinNT box are going out.  I cannot find
> |the file /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall or any file that looks like it contains
> |firewall ruleset.
> |So far I have been blindly following other peoples directions.  Am I
> |making any major mistakes and how come I cannot find the file containing
> |the firewall ruleset?  When I do find the firewall ruleset what do I do
> |with it?
> |
> 
>