>1. Client internet access stops
>2. From the 486 console I ping an outside ip (using dns name)
>3. The first ping does not resolve the ip address
>4. I kill it, then ping again, this ping however DOES resolve the ip
>5. Client machines begin to work again.
What happens if you try to ping a IP address and not a name?
>I have also tried accessing the internet using lynx from the 486 and this
>seems to solve the problem as well. So I believe that pretty much any
>internet access from the 486 will re enable ip masq.
Is your Linux box acting as a DNS or Caching DNS server? What are your
MASQ'ed clients using as their DNS servers?
--David
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