Just starting out....cannot see cable modem

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Author: Nick Estes
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Subject: Just starting out....cannot see cable modem
> I tried setting up the NAT, but that did not seem to work yet. I had
> to boot the server box back to win98 to get my emails. The book I
> have, red hat linux 7.1 Bible, suggested all I have to do is check the
> ipv4 box on the routing tab in the network config screen and set up
> the ipchains with "ipchains -P forward DENY", and "ipchains -A forward
> -i ppp0 -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -j MASQ" It is really nice
> of them to only cover point to point connections, so much for being a
> bible. I made the assumption that changing the ppp0 to eth1(my
> internet NIC) the command would work for me. Unfortunatley it did not.
> Maybe I need to try it with eth0, my internal network card. Any
> suggestions?


Yes, the -i matchs packets coming in on that interface, so it should be
your LAN interface.

    --Nick