Hi all, I have the following configuration: _______ +------------+ / diginet link | | | +-------------+ Provider 1 +------- __ | | | / ___/ \_ +------+-------+ +------------+ | _/ \__(eth0)| eth1 (stat) | / / \ 254| | | | Local network -----+ Linux router | | Internet \192.168.1.x __/ | | | \__ __/ | eth2 (dyn) | \ \___/ +------+-------+ +------------+ | 254| |ppp0 | | \ (eth3)| +-------------+ Telecomms +------- | adsl link | ADSL | | ___ | +------------+ \________ _/ \__ | __/ \___ | / \----+ | Local Network | \__172.16.1.x__/ \__ ___/ \_/ In words: Two local LAN's (172.16.1.x) and (192.168.1.x). They service different parts of the organisation. The point is, the client does not want traffic from the 172.16.1.x network going over the ADSL link otherwise the cap will be reached in hours (iterally). The Router is also the mail server, so mail is delivered to the eth1 interface via a static IP address (eth1 in the diagram) - it is a 196.xx.xx.xx address. The ADSL is not a static address - 165.146.yy.yy. The LAN interface from the 192.168.1.x network on the router is 192.168.1.254. The LAN interface on the other network is 172.16.1.254. The 10.x.x.x network is an IP I have assigned to the eth2 interface to ensure that I can still talk to my adsl router, but the ppp0 link is a pppoe connection to the telecomms provider. So, with some assistance, I have set up the following: Table main: 165.146.128.1 dev ppp0 proto kernel scope link src 165.146.yy.yy 196.xx.xx.xx/nn dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 196.xx.xx.xx 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth2 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.0.254 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.254 default via 196.xx.xx.xx dev eth1 (the default route here is going out through the diginet link - 196.xx.xx.xx in this table) table adsl: 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth2 scope link 192.168.1.0/24 dev eth0 scope link 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo scope link default via 165.146.yy.yy dev ppp0 the rules: 0: from all lookup local 90: from all to 192.168.1.0/24 lookup main 100: from 192.168.1.0/24 lookup adsl 32766: from all lookup main 32767: from all lookup default ip route add default via 165.146.yy.yy dev ppp0 table adsl Now here it croaks. When I add this route, the continuous ping to a host on the internet from a machine on the Local Network (192) stops, which tells me it cannot get out via the ADSL link. In order to check whether the ADSL was working, I tried swapping the routes around so that the default traffic uses to ADSL link, and this worked - so it's not a problem with the physical ADSL link to the Internet. I have tested the following: 1) From a PC on the 192 net, I can ping the Telcomms ADSL gateway on the remote side (in my case, this is 165.146.128.1), but not further. 2) From the Linux router, I can ping to the 165.146.128.1 and beyond. 3) I know the firewall rules are not blocking traffic since I am logging any traffic that is blocked by the firewall and nothing is showing up in the logs. My NAT firewall rules are as follows: -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -o eth1 -j SNAT --to-source 196.xx.xx.xx So, what's so hard about that! And yet, the minute I add a default route to the adsl table, things go pear shaped. Take that out, and the people on the LAN (192 net) can talk to everything on the Internet. So, what am I doing wrong here? I hope this is sufficient information to assist me in my routing woes. Any help.....yadda yadda. Cheers H _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list LARTC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://mailman.ds9a.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lartc