Huh. I had a similar problem with my FC3 laptop. By chance are you running NetworkManager? /etc/init.d/NetworkManager status /etc/init.d/network status If you see that NetworkManger is started, then stop it and restart network. I am pretty sure this was the root of my problem... --Larry On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 09:31 -0400, Jake Colman wrote: > I have a class two NIC firewall. eth0 is my external interface connected to > my cablemodem, eth1 is my internal interface connected to my hub. I am using > iptables-based firewall rules and using NAT so I can access the internet from > all my desktops. Everything is working correctly. > > The problem is that it only works if I manually set up a default gateway > route through the external interface. After I boot the system, I type the > following command: > > route add default gw x.x.x.x > > where x.x.x.x is the address assigned to my external interface. If I don't do > this, I cannot access anything on the internet from any my internal machines. > Once I execute this command it all works as expected. I am certain, however, > that as a RH 7.2 system, which is what I was before I started incrementally > upgrading to FC1 where I am now, I did not need to do this for it to work. > > How can I get this routing between two NICs to work correctly without > manually executing a 'route' command? Please don't tell me to add this > command to rc.local. My external IP address is dynamic so it can change > between reboots. I need some mechanism that works dynamically. I'm sure > that it used to work this way! > > TIA! > > ...Jake > -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
