>I have however, noticed that the masquerading seems to take a while to start
>working when I first set it up. I initialise the ipfwadm settings then dial
>up my ppp connection. Then when I try and access the net from a machine
>behind the firewall the first couple of times I try and load a web page or
>connect to a real audio site time out before the flood gates open and it
>suddenly starts working. After that it continues to work fine.
Are you using the Dynamic IP Kernel option? Try this:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
What this does is is help Linux route the first set of IP packets
when a new interface comes up.
--David
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