[ale] local networking

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Tue Jan 28 17:47:21 EST 2003


echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

That will turn on ip forwarding. Then it's firewall time. You will use
MASQUERADE or NAT

On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 17:50, Johnny Hutto wrote:
> I have been trying to setup a local network and it seem to be working, 
>  I can ping from the internet machine and the local computer machine and 
> vis versa.. The local machine is unable to connect to the internet...  I 
> have a Dell sys and it is running at 533 mhz with 512 ram...  The local 
> machine is a Gateway running windows 98...  This systems was working 
> with rh7.1 and I have just install rh7.3...  (mistake)  I just can not 
> get it to work..  I'm using Bellsouth ADSL for my internet connection.. 
>  The nic card for the internet machine is eht0 and the local machine nic 
> card is  eth1.. I'm using a hub to connect the computers...  The modem 
> is a Alcatel from Bellsouth...  I know I didn't explain this problem to 
> good, but I did the best I could...  I would appreciate any help.  If 
> any body would like to contact me off of this list can email me at 
> jhutto at huttoglden.com   Thanks!
> 
> Johnny
> 
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