[ale] Linux router help needed......again

[james at sumners.ath.cx (james at sumners.ath.cx)]

You may want to check out Shorewall (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/net/shorewall.html). I don't use it
myself but it is probably a good place to start.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 10:39:27AM -0500, Jim Seymour wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> General background only to shorten email. Set up a Debian Sarge box as
> router for a WinXP box using dhcp3 and ipmasq for nat. Result: WinXp box
> gets ip address and indicates it is connected to lan but cannot access
> the internet. I have read every man I can find and have been unable to
> get anywhere for days now :-( Any help or a very complete read somewhere
> appreciated. Looking at the firewall it does not show any requests from
> it being dropped.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Jim Seymour

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