At 14:05 19/01/99 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>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.
>
Will this work with a static address?
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