[plug] Network no talkee to intrawebs

[Lance Duivenbode]

Oops - I knew there was logical reason. I had a similar setup years ago 
with DSL-200 and Smoothwall - I've just been spoilt with routers for too 
long :)

Craig Foster wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On
>> Behalf Of Lance Duivenbode
>> Sent: Monday, 7 April 2008 11:15 PM
>> To: plug at plug.org.au
>> Subject: Re: [plug] Network no talkee to intrawebs
>>
>> Skribe,
>>
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> <snip>
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>> Where <OUT_INTERFACE> is the outgoing interface (in your case ppp0, in
>> my case ath0). The command I use is:
>>
>>     iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ath0 -j MASQUERADE
>>
>> Of course, Ian also has a point that you don't have an address for eth0
>> so that will also cause issues if it really is your internet
>> connection.
>> However, if that's the case - why do you have ppp0 and your machine's
>> default route set to use it?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Lance
>>     
>
> It's likely his modem is in bridged mode and the eth0 is running the PPPoE
> daemon, giving a ppp0 interface once loaded...
>
> Sound's like a standard linux ADSL router setup to me. 
>
> Turning on NAT should be the first step....
>
> CraigF 
>
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