I've got a desktop with two ethernet cards running SUSE9.0 Professional that I'm trying to get set up as a router so I can get my WinXP laptop online, presumably via IP forwarding and masquerading. My net connect is PPPoE - ppp0, over eth0. eth1 connects to the laptop. I've got the firewall set up to forward IP and rout, and I turned off 'protect from internal network.' The internal interface is eth1; the external interface is ppp0. In terms of functionality, what I'd really like to do is replicate what Mandrake's DrakGw got me, which was that I could plug any computer into eth1 and it was online, no need to specify gateway IP or any such thing. My newbiness keeps me from knowing exactly what DrakGw does, but I presume it sets up a DHCP server. Could someone give me a hand and tell me what I'm missing? The firewall's running, IP Forwarding under Router is turned on, but the laptop's not seeing a connection. Many thanks in advance.