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

["Dale W Hodge" <dwh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jeremy King
>
> 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.

IIRC, there was an option during install to have ipmasq recaluclate the rules
after an interface is brought up. If you missed that, then you will have
problems.  The easiest solution is probably just what you did. Imasq is quite
powerful and quite flexiable, but sometimes it does require some tweaking,
expecially if you have multiple networks hanging off the box.

> now for DNS configuration...

DNS isn't so bad. There is a DNS-HOWTO that will practically walk you through
the steps.

--dwh

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