> > Generally, if I don't understand how something works, there is a very > good chance that searching the web will give me at least one, if not > more, good explanations. > > In short, masquerading does what your router does now. If you're still > laboring under the misconception that your ISP is assigning the > 10.x.x.x addresses to your machine, the sooner you accept what I've > told you twice before, that your modem or router is actually doing > that, the easier it will be for you to understand > masquerading. Um... I called the ISP, and had to go up to the manager, because no one else woudl tell me what was going on. It turned out that it **wasn't** the modem/router, but I had a private IP. I ended up paying $5 extra a month for a public. Masquerading will simply allow you to assign an internal ip > to each of the machines on your LAN, and make any internet traffic > from those machines look as if it's coming from your single public IP, > assigned to you by your ISP. Like I've said, this is exactly what your > modem or router does currently. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:40:41AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't understand how the maskerading works. > > I currently have a router, that is connected to the modem. > > Then, I have another 3 computers behind the router, one of which is the > > linux. What I want to do is dmz linux so that it acts as a firewall. > > Thanks, > > ~~TheCreator~~ > > website: > > http://tysplace.shaned.net > > msn: > > compgeek134 at hotmail.com > > aim: > > st8amnd2005 > > skype: > > st8amnd127 > > moo coder/wizard and administrator > > > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ~~TheCreator~~ website: http://tysplace.shaned.net msn: compgeek134 at hotmail.com aim: st8amnd2005 skype: st8amnd127 moo coder/wizard and administrator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:15 PM Subject: Re: iptables questions > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Generally, if I don't understand how something works, there is a very > good chance that searching the web will give me at least one, if not > more, good explanations. > > In short, masquerading does what your router does now. If you're still > laboring under the misconception that your ISP is assigning the > 10.x.x.x addresses to your machine, the sooner you accept what I've > told you twice before, that your modem or router is actually doing > that, the easier it will be for you to understand > masquerading. Masquerading will simply allow you to assign an internal ip > to each of the machines on your LAN, and make any internet traffic > from those machines look as if it's coming from your single public IP, > assigned to you by your ISP. Like I've said, this is exactly what your > modem or router does currently. > > Greg > > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 09:40:41AM -0600, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > > Hello, > > I don't understand how the maskerading works. > > I currently have a router, that is connected to the modem. > > Then, I have another 3 computers behind the router, one of which is the > > linux. What I want to do is dmz linux so that it acts as a firewall. > > Thanks, > > ~~TheCreator~~ > > website: > > http://tysplace.shaned.net > > msn: > > compgeek134 at hotmail.com > > aim: > > st8amnd2005 > > skype: > > st8amnd127 > > moo coder/wizard and administrator > > > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEtTww7s9z/XlyUyARAjFNAKDVbewJEIqr88HgUhRmWGQ67Ism0wCgkwu8 > 1oqcXLQXttVDm/vbCcDD4K8= > =mT9Z > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup