Re: Dailup, Firewalling, Masquerading mathingy

[Gary Colman <colmang@xxxxxx>]

Hi

> Say I have a few pc's on coax at home, 

"I have a few pc's on a coax at home"

Oh.. Sorry.
You didn't mean for me literally to say that, did you?!
*blush*

> now I put a linux box on the net

Good idea.
Setup TCP wrappers please.

> with an ISDN or PPP dailup connection to an ISP. 

Check with your ISP that this is in accordance with the
terms and conditions of your account before you do this please...

> Must I use a firewall + Masquerading on that linux box in order for the
> other pc's to surf? 

It's one solution, yes.
Assuming you have a standard single-IP PPP dialup (which
prettymuch all generic dialup users have), the above is the
obvious solution.

The IPMasq FAQ details how to set it up.

> Must I also run a proxy? Socks? Squid? 

No need, but even without LAN behind NAT, it'll boost
your performance ... well, ok.. that's debatable, but your
connection will appear faster, anyway... O;-)

Cheers
  Garywhoisn'tlettingtheUKwintergethimdown.