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Linux IP Masquerade mini-HOWTO

David Ranch, dranch@trinnet.net; Ambrose Au, ambrose@writeme.com

v1.77, 27 July 1999


This document describes how to enable the Linux IP Masquerade feature on a given Linux host. IP Masq is a form of Network Address Translation or NAT that allows internally connected computers that do not have one or more registered Internet IP addresses to have the ability to communicate to the Internet via your Linux box's single Internet IP address.

1. Introduction

2. Background Knowledge

3. Setting Up IP Masquerade

4. Configuring the other internal to-be MASQed machines

5. Testing IP Masquerade

6. Other IP Masquerade Issues and Software Support

7. Frequently Asked Questions

8. Miscellaneous


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