Re: Modem Gateway
Sweet Success! I am at last typing this message from my internal machine.
Very Large Grin.
Thanks
Quoting Crispin Wellington <crispin@aeonline.net>:
> You can do all of this automatically at startup by editing the
> /etc/network/interfaces file. Make sure there is an entry like
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.1
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.0.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.255
>
> in your gateway. And an entry like
>
> iface eth0 inet static
> address 192.168.0.2
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> network 192.168.0.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.255
> gateway 192.168.0.1
>
> in the same file on your internal machine. This will set up the
> interface IP numbers and the routes for those networks.
I entered the information in the area the file suggested, ( bottom )
then "shutdown -r now" and it did not start the network up.
However thanks to your post and Geoff's I fired it up without a script.
> > What information would help troubleshoot this ?
>
> A good way to trouble shoot is to run a sniffer. For eg, apt-get install
> iptraf on the gateway. Run this on the gateway and sniff the various
> interfaces as you ping, traceroute, whatever from the internal machine.
> > How would I set up the ip and port number to access the internet from the
> > internal machine once I can ping the ip address of my virtual host's dns
> > server?
>
> That iptables command will (should) set up masquerading of traffic going
> out your ppp link.
Yes it did. Still Grinning!
Now on with the firewall.
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