[SuSE Linux] Using Linux machine as gate to the Internet
Hi, I converted a Win95 machine into a Linux machine. I ran a Internet Proxy server on my Win95 machine so I could access the WWW from any other machine on the LAN with dial- up on demand. I would like to configure my Linux box the same way. Up to now, I have ppp dialup running with diald working as well. I can access webpages with Lynx (No X for me yet - need the harddrive space) What should I do next? Thanks Nico PS: I had an excelent example of M$ support: Bought a package in Febrauary and sent in the registration card right away. I received the answer today, giving me my support registration number and informing me that my free support stops 31st December this year. I needed the support months ago, not now! At least, Linux does not offer much "official" support, but the unoffical support is great! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
I don't have quite the same config, but connect to Internet via an ISDN router, which act kind of like a gateway. I'm quite new on Linux, but have lost quite some hair with Windows networking and gateway connection... I think youhave to set up your gateway computer as a router, you can optionally compile the the kernel on for this fashion. The actuall ppp connection I don't have much about as my router spare me that problem. But to get it work smothle I set up a internal DNS server (Bind8) on one of my computers. Not sure if this is nessesarry, but I had other reasons for it as well. It works great anyway, and if you wanna go that path it's pretty clear lined out in the DNS-HOWTO file. Just make sure to include the "notify no" options so you don't interfear with something "outside". A bogus domain name like "mydomain.bogus" is also good, and IP's in the scope 192.168.0-255.0-255 as well. A great thing with this is that you can make sure to have updated DNS information instead of relying on your ISP. Like my ISP seam to not always have up to date information in his DNS covering the whole net. Hope I could be to some help. Joakim info@edoc.co.za wrote:
Hi,
I converted a Win95 machine into a Linux machine.
I ran a Internet Proxy server on my Win95 machine so I could access the WWW from any other machine on the LAN with dial- up on demand.
I would like to configure my Linux box the same way.
Up to now, I have ppp dialup running with diald working as well. I can access webpages with Lynx (No X for me yet - need the harddrive space)
What should I do next?
Thanks
Nico
PS: I had an excelent example of M$ support: Bought a package in Febrauary and sent in the registration card right away. I received the answer today, giving me my support registration number and informing me that my free support stops 31st December this year.
I needed the support months ago, not now!
At least, Linux does not offer much "official" support, but the unoffical support is great! - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
info@edoc.co.za wrote:
Hi,
I converted a Win95 machine into a Linux machine.
I ran a Internet Proxy server on my Win95 machine so I could access the WWW from any other machine on the LAN with dial- up on demand.
I would like to configure my Linux box the same way.
Up to now, I have ppp dialup running with diald working as well. I can access webpages with Lynx (No X for me yet - need the harddrive space)
What should I do next?
do you have the SuSE manual? Read the section about firewall and *masquerading*, (that's what you need), but the example works with an existing network device, (like my ISDN device). if you get the idea behind, start your ppp-connection, as sooon as it's established call the masquerading script, that takes you there. Sadly, I do not know much about diald. Juergen
Thanks
Nico
PS: I had an excelent example of M$ support: Bought a package in Febrauary and sent in the registration card right away. I received the answer today, giving me my support registration number and informing me that my free support stops 31st December this year.
I needed the support months ago, not now!
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info@edoc.co.za wrote:
PS: I had an excelent example of M$ support: Bought a package in Febrauary and sent in the registration card right away. I received the answer today, giving me my support registration number and informing me that my free support stops 31st December this year.
That's good! I mailed in my 3.1 card in 1992 and I'm still waiting! Of course, Ol'Bill has other things to worry about right now :]! J I M ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de Proud Linux User #88484 !!!!!!!!!! Micro$oft -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ---------------------------------------------- "If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign." Bill Clinton, 1974 - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
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