Rajesh.. The commands u r following is correct. >From internal client machine test the following things. 1) ping www.yahoo.com if it tells unknown host then u need to put the correct primary and secondary dns in the client machine. 2) Secondly check your /etc/resolv.conf wheather it has correct primary and secondary dns server. If you can ping from client www.yahoo.com then .... 1) are u using squid or something ???? if u r using squid something is wrong in squid.conf Regards, On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 12:14, Rajesh Pethe wrote: > Dear Sirs, > > As mentioned in the 'NAT-HOWTO' I've done the > following to configure my Linux box as masquerading > gateway for internal network : > #iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE > and > #echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > The problem is I can ping or telnet a remote host from > an internal network but browsers say 'unknown host' > when I try to load a remote site. > > Please help me with this problem. > > Regards > Rajesh > > > > > _______________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. > http://messenger.yahoo.com -- Joel N.Solanki Network Administrator Phone No: 0265-550001/2/3/4/5 Ext: 211/212 Digtial 2 Virtual Internet Service Provider. http://www.packetraptor.com/ http://www.d2visp.com/ Gujarat (India)
