[97770] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Accessing the internet -Reply
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorian)
Wed Nov 4 23:12:40 1998
From: Dorian <nazark@idt.net>
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 23:08:31 -0500
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Ok let me give a shot to this.
When you try to ping outside to do you get some error messages or does it just
hang there? Any errors in /var/log/messages? Have you tried to run the
connection with debug option? Could you post your sripts (dont forget to xxx
the password filed) and info on what authentication method your isp uses. also
give /var/log/messages when you connect. Give versions of kernel and pppd too
just in case.
Hope We can help you on this one.
On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Mike Hunziker wrote:
>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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