[96762] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Accessing the internet -Reply
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Hunziker)
Thu Oct 29 08:20:15 1998
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:13:45 -0600
From: Mike Hunziker <MCHunziker@us.fortis.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Cc: wstearns@pobox.com
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I would absolutely love to use my linux box as the gateway, that is how I
had envisioned it but I cannot get my PPP connection to work and couldn't
drum up much help on the list.
I dial using chat, I connect, I do ifconfig and see PPP0 with my assigned
address and the ISP's end of the connection. I check my /etc/resolv.conf
and the nameserver is there. I do a route -n and see a gateway to the
other end of the PPP. I ping my assigned address, and so far I'm a happy
camper. Now, I ping the other end of the connection......nothing.
Ping nameserver at ISP....nothing.......I spent hours and hours and
I'm no closer than when I started in getting the damn thing to work.
Funny thing is, my ISP runs Linux but won't support it as a client.
Also note, I have a Token Ring card in the machine, but no default route
to it.
Oh, well, that is why I'm looking at a MS proxy solution. Linux isn't
working. I did get the client stuff to load on Linux and s5telnet works
fine but s5ftp croaks when I try and get a file so I'm not there yet. I
also want to download newsgroups and use wget.....I hope I'm able
to do that with socks4 or 5.
> I wanted to suggest one marvelously nice alternative under Linux.
>If you can use a Linux box as the gateway machine between your Lan
>and the Internet, IP Masquerading has some really nice features:
>- Multiple client machines can access the Internet through a single IP
> address.
>- No changes are needed to your client programs.
>- Darn near any IP protocol gets passed correctly.
>Disadvantages:
>- IP Masquerading is generally for outgoing connections only - Incoming
>calls on CUSeeMe, for example, are tough.
> The HOWTO collection at Sunsite [*] has an IP-Masquerade
>Mini-Howto that tells you how to set it up. Let me know if you have any
>questions.
> Cheers,
> - Bill
>[*] http://sunsite.unc.edu/linux/HOWTO/
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