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takes a realy realy long time.  A web browser times out before it makes the 
connection.  ftp seems to be acking the same way.  Sometimes, it takes a 
long time to ping something (if at all) as well.  Any idea's?

> Hi all,
>     I am a ip masq virgin, so please bare with me.  Here is my (simple)
>     
>setup:
> Linux machine (Slackware 7.0, kernel 2.2.13 {going to update}) running
> as  the gateway/firewall/ip_masq server with 3 windows machines behind
> it,  using a 5 port hub (all Ethernet connections) with a ppp
> connection to the  internet (demand dial).
> 
> I have a simple startup script to load the ip masq rules on boot up. 
> <snip>
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag
> echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
> /sbin/ipchains -M -S 7200 10 160
> /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
> /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ
> </snip>
> 
> Now on a client machine, I can ping outside (real) ip's all day long.  
> However, the problem I'm having is with dns resolution (note the dumb
> in  the subject).  I can resolve domains on the Linux machine.  On the
> client  machiens (Win98), I have tried disabling the dns configuration
> in the  tcp/ip properties, enabling it with the correct ip's for the
> isp, and using  the ip for the linux machine.  None of these three
> configurations I have  tried seem to work.
> 
> Could anyone offer me any advice as to what I am doing wrong?  I've
> read  over the IP-Masquerade-HOWTO, and followed it very closely,
> however still  no dns on client machines.
> 
> Any help would be great
> 
> Thanks,
> Billy Omer
> 
> 
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