Re: Fedora proxy for Win98SE machines

From: Phisherman (nobody_at_noone.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 15:07:09 GMT

Thanks Chris. There is a lot to learn. But, what makes it a little
more challenging is that I have no graphics and use the command line.
The Linux books I've seen so far describe "click this and that" which
does not apply. I need to deal with commands, switches, vi editing,
with a limited knowledge of Linux. My ISP uses a PPP server, hardware
RTS/CTS, bite rate of 57600. Anyone use the Squid command, and doe
that work well?

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 05:24:39 GMT, Chris <chris@nospam.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 00:07:21 +0000, Phisherman wrote:
>
>> So far, I installed Fedora selecting the "server" install option. I
>> am using Bash, no graphics. I got the NIC working and all computers
>> can ping each other. I got the external modem installed and configured
>> to call my ISP.
>>
>> First, How can Linux automatically re-dial the ISP in the event of a
>> disconnect?
>
>If you're using the redhat-config-network gui, there is a checkbox on
>the advanced tab to autoredial (causes ppp-watch to run in the background
>and watch the connection).
>
>
>> Second, can the Fedora PC use Microsoft ICS as an internet client? This
>> won't matter when I get the third question resolved.
>
>Sure. You can either set the nic to use dhcp or just manually set an
>address in the 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.9 range and set the gateway/dns/etc
>to 192.168.0.1
>
>
>> Third, and most importantly, I want to eventually have Fedora be the
>> proxy server (instead of the Win PC) for two Windows 98SE machines
>> connected to the switch. The Fedora machine, like the others, is also
>> connected to the switch via eth0. I suspect a daemon is involved and
>> firewall configuration is required, maybe something about a socket
>> connection (which I know little).
>>
>> A explanation, reference book, or website is very much appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you !
>
>You need to setup IPtables to do NAT. Several people have recommended
>http://firestarter.sourceforge.net as a great gui for configuring the
>linux equivalent of ICS and basic firewall setup.
>
>I tried it out and it has some nice features, but it doesn't let you setup
>some of the other stuff I do in my firewall. I recommend using
>firestarter to get things going and then do some homework on how to
>customize iptables to do exactly what you want. For example, you can
>install a transparent pop3 proxy to filter out spam and viruses from any
>incoming email for all the computers. You can also setup a squid webcache
>which really helps on dialup lines.
>
>-Chris

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