On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:29:23PM +0530, suresh wrote: > to forward request from another lan network it works fine > but req from 172.16.1.0 does not work > > if i remove > ip route del default via w.x.y.z dev eth1 > > its work well. > > Did i leaveout anything in configuration? I'm not sure about this. At one point I understood how this worked but I don't anymore. There is something in the HOWTO about fallback routes. I think there are people here who do understand the interaction between different tables' default routes. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://www.tk the dot in .tk http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO