thanks a lot Pavel. I had done the echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward now I added the sysctl.conf as you told me and restarted the network service I realised that once I did service network stop it said "Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding" so it was working however I still cannot ping from a machine behind the router to a machine on the other side (as in diag from subnet 1 to subnet 2) Laptop ---------- Router ----------- Laptop (dot 1) (dot 2) can it be that i have some firewalling enabled without me knowing? Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Pavel Rozenboim [mailto:pavelr@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 18 June 2003 15:13 To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Linux Router echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward add net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 to /etc/sysctl.conf to make it permanent Pavel. > -----Original Message----- > From: Galea Gilbert [mailto:GGalea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wed, June 18, 2003 2:11 PM > To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Linux Router > > > Hi, > > I have installed a second ethernet card on my linux box and > have set them up successfully. > Now I would like to route packets between them. How is this possible? > > Many thanks, > Gilbert > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
