--- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > # service iptables stop > # cd /etc/sysconfig > # mv iptables iptables.save > [olivares@rio ~]$ su - Password: [root@rio ~]# service iptables stop Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: mangle filter nat [ OK ] Unloading iptables modules: [ OK ] [root@rio ~]# cd /etc/sysconfig/ [root@rio sysconfig]# mv iptables iptables.save mv: overwrite `iptables.save'? n [root@rio sysconfig]# mv iptables iptables.save2 [root@rio sysconfig]# mv iptables.save iptables [root@rio sysconfig]# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.100.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 10.154.19.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 0.0.0.0 10.154.19.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 [root@rio sysconfig]# service network restart Shutting down interface eth0: [ OK ] Shutting down interface eth1: [ OK ] Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding: [ OK ] Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth1: [ OK ] [root@rio sysconfig]# > Then try rebuilding the firewall manually. > I do not know how to do this, but I will read up on the page for fwbuilder. The network is up again because I moved the older iptables.save into iptables and it is up. I even switched the cables from the machine to see if it would work and it failed. Will report back. Thanks Jeff you have been very helpful. Best Regards, Antonio > I would suggest that you rebuild it yourself, and > maybe use fwbuilder to > assist. > > What you must do is: > 1. Allow the linux box to access all outbound > communications -- > probably on both eth1 and eth0. > 2. Not allow access from the outside network to the > linux box, except > for DNS > 3. allow all established,related communications in > both directions. > 4. provide masquerading for all outbound connections > from the LAN (eth1) > to the WAN (eth0) > 5. allow IP forwarding > > I am replacing a firewall at home tonight and will > send you the script I > use on it _after_ it has been tested. > > > > On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:10 -0700, Antonio Olivares > wrote: > > > > --- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 04:53 -0700, Antonio > Olivares > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 17:16 -0700, Antonio > > > Olivares > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:20 -0700, > Antonio > > > > > Olivares > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Antonio Olivares > > > <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *nat > > > > :PREROUTING ACCEPT [759:76421] > > > > :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [4:288] > > > > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [394:23805] > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > > > -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE > > > > COMMIT > > > > # Completed on Wed Aug 31 07:52:24 2005 > > > > [root@rio ~]# cat > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > > > 1 > > > > [root@rio ~]# > > > > > > > > Thanks for all your help and suggestions. It > will > > > > work. It is just a matter of finding where > things > > > are > > > > stopping. > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > > > > Attached is a basic script for a firewall/router > > > like you are using. > > > > > > Simply put it somewhere on the linux box, make > it > > > executable, then as > > > root run it. > > > > > > After running this script, rerun "service > iptables > > > save" to save the > > > rules so they load automatically when you > reboot. > > > > > > It should load all the rules you need for a > dynamic > > > external address on > > > eth0, a fixed internal address on eth1, and DNS > on > > > the external > > > network. > > > > > > To test that it works, simply retry (from the > > > windows box) the ping > > > commands I gave earlier, and even try a ping to > > > www.yahoo.com. > > > If they all work then you should be all set. > > > > > > This was generated using fwbuilder which is > readily > > > available on the net > > > from www.fwbuilder.org or on sourceforge. > > > > > > HTH > > > Jeff > > > > > > > Now, I cannot access the local network and the > > internet from the machine. The eth0 device was > > assigned an IP according to its MAC address and > now it > > does not work, it says that it is active. When I > shut > > down the machine it gave me some weird message > which I > > do not know how to get since I am sending this > email > > from the other machine which has internet access > in my > > classroom. > > Is there a way to solve this issue? > > > > TIA > > > > Antonio > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home > page > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com