iptables questions

[Gregory Nowak]

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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
> 



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