Marc, Since you are running Mandrake 7 (I just installed this a couple weeks ago myself) you are running a 2.2.14 kernel. With 2.2 and later kernels, you are using IPCHAINS. The HOWTO for IPCHAINS can be found at: http://www.rustcorp.com/linux/ipchains/HOWTO.html The HOWTO for IPMASQ can be found at: http://www.e-infomax.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO-1.82.html Exactly where the lines go depends on how you have set it up. If it is set up per the HOWTO, probably '/etc/ipchains.rules' or '/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall'. You will know if you are in the right place because you will see similar looking lines in the file. See also the man pages: #man ipchains #man ipfw Since they ran out of room on the Mandrake 7 CD, you will probably want to get the whole set of HOWTOs from: http://www.linuxdoc.org/docs.html#howto I grabbed the HTML version and serve them up w/ Apache. If my attempt at helping you out proves inadequate, ask here again and one of the more experienced folks will help you out. Kevin O Marc wrote: > > Hi all, > I'm fairly new to linux and ran across a problem that I'm not sure how to > fix. I'm running a Linux box (Mandrake 7.0), which is set up as a router for > my other winblows comps. I am trying to use a program called battlecom(on > windows comp), which has not worked since I started using my linux box as a > router. > I found the config below on the website of battlecom, but I wasnt sure where > I'm supposed to enter these lines. Do they go into the etc/rc.d/rc.local > file?? > Any help is highly appreciated. > Thanks > Marc > > Step 1: You need to have root or su access. > Step 2: Find the ipmasqadm rpm for ipchains or the ipautofw rpm if you're > using ipfwadm and install the RPM (if not already installed... can be found > at rpmfind.net) > Step 3: For IP Chains use this command set: > > ipmasqadm autofw -A -v -r udp 2300 2400 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipmasqadm autofw -A -v -r tcp 2300 2400 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipmasqadm autofw -A -v -r tcp 47624 47624 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipmasqadm autofw -A -v -r udp 47624 47624 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipmasqadm autofw -A -v -r udp 28800 28900 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > > For ipfwadm: > > ipautofw -A -v -r udp 2300 2400 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipautofw -A -v -r tcp 2300 2400 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipautofw -A -v -r tcp 47624 47624 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipautofw -A -v -r udp 47624 47624 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > ipautofw -A -v -r udp 28800 28900 -h www.xxx.yyy.zzz > > You should replace www.xxx.yyy.zzz with the IP Address of the PC behind the > masquerade that will be running the BattleCom Client. > > _______________________________________________ > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Kevin O'Connor "Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, white light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. In a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM FOR THE 386." (Matt Welsh)