Firestarter-Help
Christoph Georgi
christoph.georgi at web.de
Fri Aug 26 07:21:25 UTC 2005
hi vram,
ensure that /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is set to "1" - use
'$ sudo echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward'
Then enable masquerading:
'$ sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $eth0 -j MASQUERADE'
where eth0 is your external interface.
That should do the trick.
hth,
christoph
Vram wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 15:04 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
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>>Vram wrote:
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>>>Hi
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>>>I decided to install firestarter last night.. Then after messing with
>>>it for 30 minutes I thought. Gee I really don't understand what all
>>>this is doing. Maybe I should read the manual..
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>>>So this morning I notice that the other two computers cannot connect to
>>>the Internet...
>>>
>>>So firestarter is shutoff. Or so I thought but, my other two computers
>>>cannot connect.
>>>
>>>So I need a quick answer rather than a long one. I know read the
>>>manual...
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>>iptables -F
>>iptables -L
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> Sorry, I was gone all day...
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> root at Aether:/etc/init.d # iptables -L
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
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> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
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> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
> target prot opt source destination
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> And the other computers cannot connect to the Internet..
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> Thanks
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>>What's it say? Probably something like:
>>Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
>>Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
>>Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
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>>In which case firestarter has left you with a closed firewall. But we can't
>>give you any quick answers if we don't know what firewall rules you have in
>>place.
>>--
>>derek
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