hi all i need to connect two lans using a gateway. i have 3 computers . comp1----------------- | gateway | ----------------------comp2 gateway has two lan cards: eth0: 10.10.10.1 eth1: 10.10.11.1 comp1: eth0:10.10.10.2 route : n/w netmask gateway 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 * 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.1 comp2: eth1: 10.10.11.2 route n/w netmask gateway 10.10.11.0 255.255.255.0 * 10.10.10.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.11.1 (i have ommitted other entries like flags etc). while i PING i can PING from either comp to gateway but i can't ping from one comp to other comp ( i.e from one lan to another lan) TCPDUMP shows that requests are reaching from one comp for another comp to gateway. but no packets are forwarded by gateway to the other comp(other lan) i have just done this entry making and no other particular software or no particular option found to do the above task. plz help me as soon as possible . its very urgent . thanks in advance. Rgds. Pankaj ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Insurance Special: Be informed on the best policies, services, tools and more. Go to: http://in.insurance.yahoo.com/licspecial/index.html -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/