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



> > 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.

Hi.

The thing is that I had a prefectly working IPmasq setup, with rules
changed in ip-up and ip-down. I just wanted to give a try of ipmasq _package_.
And configuration script does _not_ take into account the possibility of
external interface with dynamic IP. OK, if this package is not for people with
dial-up then description should mention that and at least postinst should
finally ask whether to activate the rules based on the entered IPs.

Alex Y.
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