John, You are correct. it is not "easy" nor currently "built-in" to RedHat. I followed the FAQs on http://www.netfilter.org .. but that is not nearly as "easy" as checking the little checkbox.. I think RFE's have been filed against this (gnome-lokkit or whatever that default "firewall tool" is), if not they should be :) Tommy On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 10:52, John Nall wrote: > There is something I can't seem to grasp, and so far I have not found the > answer. I'm trying to ween myself away from Windows and migrate to Linux > (for several reasons) but gosh it sure is not easy to do even when one is > determined. How in the world do you accomplish ICS??? > > With Windows XP I just set up one machine as the one with access to the > Internet (through a dial-in modem) using the Network Configuration > Wizard. The other two machines (on a 3-machine home LAN) then are set up > as having their access through the network. Easy to do, works like a > charm. (I am NOT praising Windows, merely observing that it is easy to do > this). > > It is not easy with Linux. With assistance from people here, pointing me > to HOWTO's and tutorials, I think that I have managed to get the dial-up > machine working OK, but setting up the other two machines to access the > Internet through the network seems to be a black hole. Using the Network > Configuration tool (from Gnome) on them merely seems to duplicate what I > already did when setting up the Ethernet connection. Do they have to know > an IP address for a name server?? This takes place at my ISP, so I don't > have any way of knowing the IP address for it. > > As I said, I'm doggedly trying to do this switch over, but it sure is not > easy. Sometimes I think that Linux afficionados just take a peverse pride > in things being difficult. That way, just everyone and his or her brother > can't do it. :-) (If I am honest with myself, I will probably be the > same way once I get it down. IF I live long enough). > > John -- Tommy McNeely <Tommy.McNeely@Sun.com> Sun Microsystems -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
