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Re: Are we shipping 2.0 with ipmasq in the default kernel?



"Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 07:27:03AM -0400, Alex Yukhimets wrote:
> 
> > Well, script is sure nice, but when I installed the whole distribution from
> > scratch yesterday, it was some pain: I requested ipmasq package to be
> > installed (among other 800 or so things :) and when it asked me how to
> > configure itself, I had no idea how to answer the questions it asked - like
> > the IP of external interface- how do I know, it is a ppp dialup! So, I left
> > the answers blank. As a result, after reboot my system had ALL the networking
> > forbidden. Purging the package helped, but I had to spend quite a few minutes 
> > figuring out what's going on.
> 
> Find the IP Masq HOWTO and make use of same.  It'll save you LOTS of pain.

(PLUG WARNING)

Or better still... Use 'tcpquota', makes the whole thing easier, and you can keep
a track on how much your user's are calling for... :)

(please let me know how it progress...)

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