[wellylug] Connecting to the external world

[Richard Hector]

Edouard Chalaron wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Following recommandations I finally managed to get a Eth card that does work
> (RTL 8139, D. Smith Elec. for a VERY good price). Therefore both my linux
> boxes are talking to each other, after correcting a routing mistake. Both soft
> and hardware (and I) were involved.
> 
> Still something is not going Ok.
> Pc1 is connecting from time to time to paradise via ppp.
> Pc2 reaches Pc1 via a hub / eth0 (and Pc1 to Pc2)
> However, Pc2 can not access the net...
> 
> Following receipes from various web pages, howtos, I have configured the PC
> accessing the net (Pc1, 192.168.1.1) via ppp such as
> 
>  /etc/sysconfig/network
> 
> Networking=yes
> Forward_IPV4=true
> Hostname=gascogne.chalaron.org
> domainname=chalaron.org
> Gateway=192.168.1.1
> Gatewaydev=eth0
> 
> and added ipchains under /etc/rc.d/rc.local such as :
> 
> ipchains -P forward DENY
> ipchains -A foward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ
> 
> And......... it does not work, no access to the net from Pc2 (192.168.1.2)

Standard questions: What error messages do you get when you try? Can you
access the net by using IP address rather than hostnames? What
distribution(s) are you using?

Richard

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