[ale] Gateway / Routing Problem

[Kevin Stoll]

    I have SuSE 7.0 machine that I 
have been attempting to get set up as a gateway/router for my local network. I 
currently use BellSouth (or HellSouth as It was earlier referred to) as my 
provider. I ended up using Roaring Penguin 
PPPoE software without any hitches through an Alcatel SpeedTouchHome 
DSL/Ethernet Modem and a firewall software, that I can't seem to get working, 
called PointMan.
 
    At any rate, at this point I am 
able to ping and surf from my Linux machine but because of the 
difficulty ( or lack of understanding )Â that I am having with a proper 
firewall / routing table configuration I can't seem to get my other 
machines to browse / surf the internet through the Linux box. I have read the 
how-tos at linuxdoc until I am about blue in the face. It has taken me a while 
to get this far due to other obligations. It's obvious that I am 
missing something essential to solving my problem.
 
    All in all, for a newbie I have 
feel as though I have accomplished quite a bit with my Linux machine. Having had 
zero knowledge of Unix when I started at the beginning of this year. I'm sure by 
now I have just slightly more than zero. None the less I 
still have more to learn and I'm loving every minute of it. :)
 
    Thank you in advance for any 
help that you can offer.
 
Kevin O'Neill Stoll<A 
href="http://kevinstoll.org/">http://kevinstoll.org/(770) 
569-7251