Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2358 mails)

[mhtexcollins@xxxxxxxx (Michael H. Collins)]

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"Argentium G. Tiger" wrote:
> 
> At 10:56 AM 10/17/1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm just about to pull out my hair with Masq.  I've upgraded my server to
> >6.2 because I thought it would be easier to configure.
> 
> Join the club, I've got very little hair left as well!  :-)
> 
> I've been fighting with this EXACT problem all day and all of tonight, and
> I think I've more or less solved it with the help of a whole bunch of
> people (Lenz Grimmer & Jon Penington as big contributers to what passes for
> my sanity).  :-)
> 
> >I can go to my server, wvdial onto the net, surf around, and ping
> >anything.
> 
> Ok, so you're probably using ppp0 as your connection device.
> 
> >My client IP is 192.168.1.2
> >My server IP is 192.168.1.1
> 
> *grin*  Very close to what I'm doing...  Only difference is my clients are
> 192.168.1.101 to 192.168.1.103 inclusive.
> 
> >On my server in the rc.config file I have:
> >IP_FORWARD=yes
> 
> Good.
> 
> >#
> ># Masquerading settings - See /usr/doc/packages/firewall
> >#                         for a detailed description
> >#
> >MSQ_START="yes"
> >MSQ_NETWORKS="192.168.0.0/24"
> >MSQ_DEV="eth0"
> >MSQ_MODULES="ip_masq_cuseeme ip_masq_ftp ip_masq_irc ip_masq_quake
> >ip_masq_raudio ip_masq_vdolive"
> 
> Take this for what it's worth, but I had to change MSQ_DEV="eth0" to
> MSQ_DEV="ppp0".
> 
> >route -n on the client looks like this:
> 
> Routes look good.  They'll probably look more expansive on your server when
> your wvdial connection is active and up.
> 
> >Any ideas on what to check would be appreciated.
> 
> Lenz suggested that I install 2 packages:
> "firewall" from the "n" series, and "ipchains" from the "sec" series.
> 
> He also gave me the following URL to read:
> 
> http://skaro.nightcrawler.com/~bb/FW-HOWTO/FW-Howto.html
> 
> I learned about the MSQ_DEV="eth0" to MSQ_DEV="ppp0" change from that URL.
> 
> Good luck...  I know how frustrating this piece of the networking puzzle
> can be.  It should _not_ be this difficult.
> 
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