Re: internet sharing question

From: Equis (nospamrhys_at_dezigner.com.au)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:38:56 +1000

Shefali Joshi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to mess around with getting my internet sharing (home
> network) to work for the past 2 days without any luck now.
>
> I have two 3com ethernet cards, the first connects to the internet and the
> second I'm using for my home LAN. I can connect to the internet just fine,
> but I can't seem to be able to get my other computers(windows xp) to do so.
> For the most part, I'm completely confused as to where to begin or what
> course to follow to get my LAN working.
> I hear people talk about iptables, ip masquerading...etc...most of that
> doesnt make sense to me since i'm a newbie and am still in the learning
> phase. I REALLY don't want to get frustrated and say "to hell with linux!".
> So can someone give me some REAL pointers as to what to do to get my LAN
> going?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
Hi there,

Look into shorewall firewall, there will be a how to on there site

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