Judging from the things I have heard during my short stay in the Ubuntu chat room and forums, not many people have done this yet. Keep us posted on how that works out; I’m trying to set it up as a development server myself.

i’ve never used that firewall though it looks very full featured. First I would double check that all the netfilter modules are loaded/compiled in. Then I would check with the firewall down. If the problem is in the firewall, then i would run it line by line (i use my own firewall script so this is much easier for me to say): set DROP default, enable NAT, open some ports up, etc. whatever is required. if its not the firewall, I would check the internet device (is this just incoming on a netword card, or modem? check the modem software) If all else fails, search on forums.gentoo.org.

Don’t get me wrong, there is something to be said for binary distro’s. (even though ubuntu’s mission statement sounds like a cult) You can’t beat the ease of installation. I would have been a good exercise to fix the issue still using gentoo, but its good that you got it working. It sounds fun, i enjoy fixing things like that (explains why i run most of my software off CVS), sounds fun.

Brad

To answer your suggestions, Brad, I tried the several different kernel versions with lots of stuff compiled in. I’ve done this before, so I know what I need. And it sort of DID work — many services were able to be nat’d through the server without troubles. In terms of the firewall, I tried the two different firewalls independently for the same results. I’m using the exact same version of the projectfiles.com rc.firewall in Ubuntu now to share the connection.

Seriously, I mostly know what I’m doing. This is a freak of software, and I can’t narrow it down.