Re: ipmasq and howto
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000 14:47:20 -0600, matt garman <garman@uiuc.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for all the help! But unfortunately it's not working.
You're probably really, really close to succeeding. :-)
It -sounds- like all the bits are working, but 'forwarding' is not fully activated; that your roommate's requests are not getting out the door because they don't know where the door is. That can be either a glitch in your routing setup, or 'forwarding' itself is not enabled. Do:
cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
...and see if "1" is the result. If not, re-do the 'echo' command that puts "1" there:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
If no success after that, do:
ipchains -L
...and you should see "(policy ACCEPT)" for the three 'chains'. If that's okay, do:
ipchains -M -L
...and see if the MASQ entry is still present -- dunno why yet, but we're experiencing that entry's disappearance from time to time; 'diald' or somebody is deleting it, I think, when being taken down, and not putting it back up again.
Also useful: Your roommate's computer should have a 'hosts' file and a 'resolv' file (or whatever Mr. Gates may have used in place of those :-).
-- Jeff -- <http://www.wellnow.com>
"There's nothing left in the world to prove. All that's worth doing
is to love one another, using whatever means are available to serve."
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