And laptop (dot 1) is on, say, the 192.168.1 network, and the other laptop (dot 2) is on the 192.168.2 network? On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Galea Gilbert wrote: > 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
