My iPaq can't ping anything but my Linux box (IP Masquerade problem)

OK... I've successfully set up the PPP connection between my iPaq, and my
Linux box, and can ssh into the iPaq from my Linux box...

The problem I'm having now is that I'd like to complete the installation
process by using ipkg to get the rest of Familiar (I used task-bootstrap
during the initial installation phase), but can't seem to ping anything but
the Linux box from the iPaq (If I try to ping anything else, ping just sits
there). Here's what I did to set up IP masquerading:

1) I added the proxyarp option to /etc/ppp/peers/ipaq (between the user ppp
line, and the connect... line - Is the order important?)
   Presumably, "Also, you will have to specify the correct IP addresses for
the host and the handheld in that file as well" means that
   you have to add "192.168.1.xxx:192.168.1.xxx" to the file... Is this
correct?
2) I enabled IP forwarding on the host (by executing 'echo 1 >
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward'), and made sure that the value in the file
   had been changed from 0 to 1
3) I added the defaultroute option to /etc/ppp/options on the iPaq
4) I created resolv.conf in /etc on the iPaq, and added the appropriate
nameserver entries to it:

   nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
   nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

   Am I missing something from resolv.conf?

When I establish the PPP connection, I get the following message regarding
proxyarp: found interface eth0 for proxy arp

Can anyone spot something that I'm missing here?

Thanks in advance...

Dave
Received on Sat Jun 30 2001 - 18:50:14 EDT