[ale] Solution to IP masq

[jj at spiderentertainment.com]

I found a solution to my problem, I had two nics, DHCP, and could not
see the
net from windows, linux could tho. (after recompiling of the kernel
turned out
useless).

Ok, the whole solution thing is on a shaky ground(reminds me of NT).
This is how
it was and how I fixed, it??....

During the bootup, linux was detecting only 1 network card, once bootup,
I had
to configure the second one (assign it a fake ip) <-- this was a small
detail,
but important.

Second, the routed demon had trouble starting up. I was working on this
for the
past 2 days, and last night I thought I give it one more try before I
scrap
linux and install NT. Anyway I run netconf to configure the two nics,
and
enabled routing.

After that in the rc.local file, I had to rerun "pump" for some reason,
otherwise it will not connect me to the net (Keep in mind I'm on a cable

modem(DHCP)),

One unresolved issue !:
Once pump is run second time, the IP address of the eth0 (connected to
the cable
modem), is different then what it appears, what I mean, is that; for
instance -
eth0 is assigned ip 24.24.24.24, but in reality if I telnet somewhere
and check
the IP where I came from it shows as 24.24.24.100, I think it has
something to
do with pump. BTW, the 24.24.24.100 is my old IP address from windows.

Wow, I have been away from linux for several years, and now it's
behaving more
like NT! I just hope that's not the case, I just hope it is my lack of
knowledge ... and probably is!

And now everything works fine, hey I even Descent(3d game) worked fine.

Thank you all, Long Live Linux::)