>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.
I have exactly the same problem. It seems to also occur with telnetting to
BBSs.
>I was just wondering if this is normal behaviour or if masquerading should
>work immediately after it is set up.
Me too.
>I'm running a 2.0.36 kernel on a Redhat 5.2 based system.
Me too.
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Daniel Barron - Senior Technical Assistant PC and Network Support Dept
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