Hi Mike, Yes, eth1 gets its IP address from DHCP server. DHCP server always gives me the same IP address because it knows my MAC address. So I only can get a different IP address by changing my MAC address. B.R Sina > > >trying to understand your question better -- does eth1 use dhcp to get >a connection from the ISP? > >On 11/25/06, first last wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I have a SuSE Linux box with two network interfaces. >> An ethernet which I use to connect to the ISP, and a >> wireless interface to share Internet with my room >> mate. The problem is when I change the MAC address of >> my ethernet card (eth1) in order to get a different IP >> address from ISP, iptables no longer does the >> masquerading, thus my friend can't access to the >> Internet anymore. I try to restart iptables but >> nothing happens. Our guess is that iptables uses real >> mac addresses of network interfaces to forward and NAT >> ip packets, so it doesn't work with virtual MAC >> address. >> >> can anyone please suggest a solution to this issue? >> >> Thank you very much ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
