sarge
I'm a new guide for using Debian. I try woody 2.0r2 but the kernel is too out-dated 2.2.
I want to use iptables to setup a NAT server and firewall in order to replace my windows server but iptables only work on kernel 2.4 or higher. Compile a new kernel is too difficult to me now. Is there any NAT server and firewall for kernel 2.2?
By the way is the testing sarge stable for daily use? I've try jigdo to get the sarge and install it. But it didn't let me config my IP address, Gateway and DNS. IT just ask me setup PPP or not. I have a i-cable connection and a WINDOWS NAT server. I can config the network in woody installtion but the sarge installer didn't let me do it so I can't apt-get from internet..... help thanks a lot!!!!
Eric
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On Debian, you don't have to
On Debian, you don't have to reinstall for a upgrade. Just point your apt sources to sarge and do a:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt source can be set at /etc/apt/sources.list
For ip routing, you can install ipmasq package, it can handle ipforward, ipchain, iproute and iptable. I think kernel 2.2 use ipforward.
i-cable use dhcp to get connections. At installation time, dhcp setup (ip, dns, route, and other shit) should be auto-detected. you can also install dhcp-client or the pump packages.
Sarge is as stable as you can
Sarge is as stable as you can get from any other distributions, but its installer might still has some rough edges.