can not access the internet

[Nina Pham]

I changed the sysctl .conf file, but it doesn't work yet.
BTW, for NAT,  I allow allow every package comes from the remote dialup 
ipaddress to everywhere, and if the destination if the ip address, the 
destination is ignored. Those apply for both  INPUT and OUTPUT packages.

Nina
antonio montagnani wrote:

> Nina Pham wrote/ha scritto, On/il 22/06/2004 23:21:
>
>> Hi I built a linux dialup server. From my pc, I successfully dial in, 
>> I can browse the file from my home directory, but I can't ping or 
>> access internet, even though I can do all that from the linux box. 
>> What are the possibilities cause of that beside the firewall since I 
>> already checks the firewall and it ought to work with my current 
>> rules. Thanks
>>
>> Nina
>>
>>
> 1)You have to set your etc/sysctl.conf file as follows:
>
> kernel.sysrq=0
> net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
> net.ipv4.conf.default.rp_filter=1
> kernel.core_uses_pid=1
>
> then you reboot and the machine will act as a router.
> But how did you manage the NAT in your iptables rules??
> You have the Gateway definition in any Windows machine under the 
> network adapter properties....