I've run into a problem that I'm not sure how to solve. I have an LFS v6 box running as a firewall/router/server between my home LAN and the internet. It was working fine for years, but the other day I added a second IP address to the external NIC. I did this by just running:
> ifconfig eth1:1 <second external address> I did this because I've installed an Exchange 2007 server behind the firewall that I want to DNAT to from outside on a unique IP address. Here's the problem: whenever I have that second address installed I get odd connectivity problems. Website redirection doesn't work (I noticed this when the links from my yahoo home page to various RSS feeds I've subscribed to fail). Some websites also fail to load. DNS resolution also fails for selected sites (but not others). Removing the second address clears up the problem. But of course that knocks out access to my Exchange server. I have bind running on the LFS box, slaved to a Windows Server 2008 box behind the firewall (which is the same box that hosts Exchange). It looks like either bind or the DNS server on the Windows box is getting "confused" when the external interface has two IP addresses. - Mark __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3419 (20080905) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
