Dear all, I have a question, "I only have a single network connection, but I would like all my computers to have Internet access. How is this possible?' 1.What i have? My network configuration is as follows:- eth1 (172.21.0.133/28) | | AGNI {RedHat 9[Squid Proxy,Gateway ,firewall & FTP] } | | | (192.168.0.0/16) eth0 | ---- SWITCH---------- | | | LAN where:- eth0-Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] eth1-Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5702 Gigabit Ethernet 2.What i have done:- a)Enabled IP forwarding echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward & added above line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local b)Firewall rules as follows:- # vi testWall 1 *filter 2 :INPUT DROP [0:0] 3 :FORWARD DROP [0:0] 4 :OUTPUT DROP [0:0] 5 6 # allow local loopback connections 7 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT #allow echo-requests (pinging) 8 -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/16 -d 0/0 -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT 9 # drop INVALID connections 10 -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP 11 -A OUTPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP 12 -A FORWARD -m state --state INVALID -j DROP 13 14 # allow all established and related 15 -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 16 -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 17 -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 18 19 # allow connections to my ISP's DNS servers 20 -A OUTPUT -d 2.3.4.10 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 53 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 21 -A OUTPUT -d 2.3.4.11 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 53 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 22 -A FORWARD -d 2.3.4.10 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 53 -i eth0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 23 -A FORWARD -d 2.3.4.11 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 53 -i eth0 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 24 25 # allow outgoing connections to web servers 26 -A OUTPUT -d 0/0 -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m multiport --dport http,https -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 27 -A FORWARD -d 0/0 -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m multiport --dport http,https -o eth0 \ -i eth0 -j ACCEPT 28 29 # allow outgoing mail connections to my ISP's SMTP and POP3 server only 30 -A OUTPUT -d mail.my-isp.com -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m multiport --dport smtp,pop3 \ -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 31 -A FORWARD -d mail.my-isp.com -m state --state NEW -p tcp -m multiport --dport smtp,pop3 \ -o eth0 -j ACCEPT 32 33 # log all other attempted out going connections 34 -A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j LOG 35 -A FORWARD -j LOG 36 # default is to DROP out-going connections 37 38 COMMIT 39 40 *nat 41 42 # set up IP forwarding and nat 43 -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to 172.21.0.133 44 45 COMMIT PS: Copied from http://linuxgazette.net/103/odonovan.html #iptables-restore </root/testWall #iptables-save 3.What i got:- a)users can able to browse internet via squid proxy (192.168.0.1:3128) i.e http/https b)But can't able to access mails (POP3/SMTP) from our ISP mailserver. can't able to go beyond my RedHat (AGNI) server, while i do traceroute of my ISP's mailserver. What i am doing wrong? please suggest Thanks & regards, Navneet Choudhary