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5. Testing IP Masquerade

Finally, it's time to give IP Masquerading an official try after all this hard work. If you haven't already rebooted your Linux box, do so to make sure the machines boots ok, executes the /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall ruleset, etc. Next, make sure that both the internal LAN connection and connection of your Linux hosts to the Internet is okay.

Now do the following:

If you still can't get things to work, take a look at the output from

If you see The Linux Documentation Project homepage, then CONGRATULATIONS! It's working! If that WWW site comes up correctly, then all other standard network tolls such as PING, TELNET, SSH, and with their related IP MASQ modules loaded: FTP, Real Audio, IRC DCCs, Quake I/II/III, CuSeeme, VDOLive, etc. should work fine! If FTP, IRC, RealAudio, Quake I/II/III, etc. aren't working or are performing poorly, make sure their associated Masquerading modules are loaded by running "lsmod" and also be sure you are loading the module with any non-default server ports. If you don't see your needed module, make sure your /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall script is loading them (i.e. remove the # character for a give IP MASQ module).


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