with subnetting, say one is 192.168.1.1 and the other is 192.168.2.100 with netmasks both being 255.255.255.0 -----Original Message----- From: Mike Burger [mailto:mburger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 18 June 2003 14:30 To: shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Linux Router Are you setting up the two ethernet interfaces on the router in different IP networks (either different IP ranges, or with subnetting)? On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Galea Gilbert wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
