Re: NAT on linux

Andreas Kohler wrote:
>
> -----does anybody know how to set up NAT on linux? (or any good links
> about it?)-----

        Yes, you can. Put the latest development kernel (i guess it's around
2.4.0-test2); it is pretty stable, so don't worry.
        Then download the userspace tools, from http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/
(and also the user manuals in HTML format)

        Netfilter (or iptables) is the replacement for ipchains. It is very
powerful, you get full NAT, ToS mangling and other goodies. Feels like a
Cisco to me. ;-)

> my excuse for asking this question here is that i need it to set up a
> linux-box with firewall and squid. if i cant get NAT to work they wont
> use squid either.

        Why's that?
        I use Squid on many firewall boxes, with masquerade and stuff, and works
pretty well without NAT.

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