[H-GEN] ip masq, ,chaining, proxies, squid etc

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I'm trying to setup a linux box (Redhat6 with dynamic ip) so a lan of 
five pcs (4 x win98 and 1 x redhat 6) can access ftp, web, email and chat.

At the moment just trying to get web and mail to work.  Can access email
from these machines but not web, except for ski(gateway) which is working
just fine.

I've been using linux for about two years as a desktop os but this masq 
stuff is all new to me and is driving me crazy since I just seem to be 
lacking some assumed knowledge. 

I assumed that all I would have to due is enable forwarding in
etc/sysconfig/network and do 
ipchains -P forward DENY 
and 
ipchains -A foward -j MASQ -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0
as explained in APC pocket book.  It doesn't mention anything about
proxies or firewalls and I don't know a great deal about any of it.

The network is as follows:
machine 	ip		role
ski		192.168.0.1	gateway (linux)
serra		192.168.0.2	file server and my own mail client (linux)
lucifer		192.168.0.3	work & internet machine (win98)
wilbur		192.168.0.4	work, internet & game machine  (win98)
puppy		192.168.0.5	internet and game machine  (win98)
romanian	192.168.0.6	internet and game machine  (win98)

I'm no expert just an amateur so I hope someone could give me either some
advice on what I'm am doing wrong or the correct way to do it if I'm going
about it all wrong.

All help appreciate and reciprocated where possible.

Darrin Mison
-- 
Its not that unix isn't user friendly, 
its just more picky about who its friends are.

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