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Re: diald vs ipmasquerade



> 
> At 09:38 AM 11/22/97 +0000, Chuma Agbodike wrote:
> >Do diald and ipmasquerading serve the same purpose ?
> >Or do I have to use both ? I have a 3 node ethernet lan.
> >The all had windows on them. Now I installed Linux 2.0.29 (debian 1.3)
> >on the unit that has the modem on it. And would like the other units
> >to access the internet via the modem on LINUX unit.
> >So I have diald running on the linux. The windows node have the
> >linux unit as their gateway. But if I ping an IP diald doesn't dial.

You cannot ping an IP.  You have to ping an address that must be looked up
like:

server.no.where.net

Otherwise diald assumes that the ip in on your local net and no dial is
nessasary.

I have basically the same setup as you do, so give me a ring if you need help.

-Brian

> >
> >What next ?
> >
> As you suspect you need to recompile the kernel with ip masquerading.  You
> will also want to add ipfwadm rules. 
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Joe.
> 
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