[aclug-L] Re: debian, ppp, and ipmasq

[Jeremy King <soapboxalpha@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, but...

the debian "ipmasq" package appears to set up all of
that info by default.  After further poking around on
the web I saw a comment about ipmasq getting confused
by dial-on-demand ppp configurations, such as I am
using.  After much pounding of my forehead against the
keyboard, I figured out that the script which starts
the ppp daemon needs to subsequently restart ipmasq.
When starting ppp at boot time, Debian apparently
starts ipmasq prior to starting pppd.  I corrected
that, and now my ppp can connect just fine.

now for DNS configuration...

Jeremy
--- Jeff Vian <jvian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> to use ip masquerading (NAT) you must do some
> configurations with ipchains
> to set up the rules by which it works.
> 
> I assume you are using a private IP network at home
> and that you are using
> the NAT to allow the local hosts access to the
> internet via masquerading.
> 
> I have 2 NICs, one connects to the internet and the
> other to my local LAN.
> in the ipchains rules I have done 2 lines to enable
> it to work flawlessly.
> 
> ipchains -P forward DENY
> ipchains -A forward -j MASQ -s 192.168.2.0/24 -d
> 0.0.0.0/0
> 
> This will work in any dynamically or statically
> assigned address scheme
> because of the default routing.
> for more information read up on ipchains,
> masquerading, and firewalls.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy King <soapboxalpha@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:21 PM
> Subject: [aclug-L] debian, ppp, and ipmasq
> 
> 
> >
> > I just finished installing debian (2.2) on a
> little
> > box for use as a gateway (NAT over a ppp
> connection)
> > for my home LAN. I got ppp running to do an ftp
> > installation.  However, after completing the
> install,
> > the ppp ceased to function.  I was getting this
> error
> > message from pppd:
> >
> > > cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
> >
> > I removed ipmasq, which totally eliminated the
> error
> > and my ppp connection problems.  Since ipmasq is
> the
> > whole reason I'm setting up this box, could
> someone
> > explain to me what is causing the problem?
> >
> > I got the impression from the ipmasq package
> > description in dselect that ipmasq is basically
> set up
> > to work without further configuration.  Is this
> not
> > true, or am I missing something?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeremy
> >
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