IPMASQ problems

We are masquerading on an internet connection and are having trouble with email and ftp. We are using Debian 2.2 and ipchains. I followed the example in the Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO. 1. With email we can receive mail OK but can only send very small messages - anything with attachments or of any

Static and Dynamic NAT

I setting up a linux system to be a router and want to do static and dynamic NAT with a pool of public IPs (as opposed to masquerading with one IP). I'm using 2.2.18 kernel. If someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Thanks, Bill

Drive images

I want to replicate my Debian system onto a number of other PCs, not all of which have the same size hard drive. Is there a good way to make an image of a partition(s) and replicate to other PCs. Thanks, Bill Fowler

telnetd slow to respond

I'm having difficulty telnetting into my system. It appears that I get a connection right away, but it takes a long time to receive the login prompt and often I don't receive a prompt at all. Any advice would be appreciated. Bill

/etc/network/interfaces file

Hello, I want to make my network config permanent with the /etc/network/interfaces file in Debian 2.2. The file is as follows: # /etc/network/interfaces -- configuration file for ifup(8), ifdown(8) # # Configure loopback interface ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 # Configure ethernet interface IPADDR="10.1