That isn't exactly true. If he is just trying to firewall traffic from the firewall box, then you would only have one ethernet card. Meaning, he has one computer hooked up to the ASDL line and that computer he has the firewall setup on. There are no other computers on the network. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Your Name" <yayati@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <linux-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: iptables problem > > ip_forwarding shall only work with two lan cards, no set up shall work > as a firewall with one network interface. > > never tried aliasing either (eth1:0 eth1:1) but sence would it make even > if it works, the firewall should be between two networks. > > Regards > Yayati. > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html