Internet connection sharing with mandrake 8.0

[TheBrewMeister]

I am using mandrake 8.0 to serve my @home to my network via internet connection sharing and tinyfirewall that came with the linux distro. The windows machines on my network cannot connect to web-pages properly. I have to open the browser 4 or 5 times sometimes before it will work. I also cannot connect to game servers from the windows machines. Can anyone tell me if they have a similar problem with this or should I get rid of internet connection sharing? I can't figure out how to open certain ports for my gaming. PMfirewall seems more configurable but their web-page suggests it is not compatible with 2.4 kernel. Any suggestions?

[dekemoose]

Check out the HOW-To's for IP Chains at http://linuxdoc.org,. You can also use IP Tables with the 2.4 kernel, but I don't have much to offer there yet, didn't see a HOW-TO.
I guess I am assuming that you are using IPChains, is that correct?

[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: dekemoose ]

[ 21 July 2001: Message edited by: dekemoose ]

[bdg1983]

Have you set it up properly using the included tools?

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/doc/80/en/user.html/draknet.html

[TheBrewMeister]

So will ipchains work with 2.4 kernel? I have no idea if the automatic tools that come with mandrake use ipchains or iptables or what it uses. I would love to find out but the documentation for mandrake seems to be all for 7.2 and very little for 8.0. Yes mdwatts, I did set up the internet connection sharing and the firewall properly(i think). I even tried to disable the firewall and nothing is better. If ipchains will work with 2.4 kernel, how can I get rid of internet connection sharing and firewall that came with mandrake so I can switch to ipchains? I would love to go to the irc channel and ask there but my server blocks me. :confused:

[jumpedintothefire]

So will ipchains work with 2.4 kernel?

yes

I would love to find out
try lsmod

is ipchians or iptables listed?

Find the 'internet sharing"/"firewall" file and we can go over it. Sounds like the "internet sharing' is a MASQ script using ipchains, by another name.....

[TheBrewMeister]

Okay, I did the lsmod and iptables is listed. I don't know what I'm looking for to find the firewall file.

Thanks for the info! :cool:

[jumpedintothefire]

Look in /etc/rc.d/init.d, it may be called firewall or something similar. There is a NHF on the site here for basic iptable setup.

For advanced stuff try: http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/

[ 24 July 2001: Message edited by: jumpedintothefire ]

[TheBrewMeister]

Okay, found it. The file is iptables right where you said it would be. Should I paste the whole file here?

[jumpedintothefire]

That is a bit much, email to to me....

[dvdnut]

what i would like to see is examples of people's rules so i can see where i can use them

and why should i block tcp as opposed to udp

and vice versa

cheers