> I'm not sure if this pertains to your problems, but I did run into a problem when I
>upped a firewall
> from 7.0 to 7.1. The problem that I had was that I couldn't get mdk 7.1 to dhcp its
>address on
> eth1. Seeing that eth0 seemed to be working properly, I switched eth0 and eth1 in
>the configuration
> and switched cables. I had the exact same problem, so I know it wasn't the NICs. I
>then
> reconfigured things so that eth1 was internal and eth0 was the Internet connected
>NIC. When I did
> this everything worked.
>
> I looked at the updates for mdk 7.1 and I did find a couple for dhcp, which I
>installed on that
> machine, but I never got around to testing out the updates.
>
> Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote:
>
> > I have upgraded recently (Fresh install) to LM 7.1. My girlfriends machine runs
>win98.
> > I had IP Masq'ing running fine on 7.0, and copied the rc.firewall file onto the
>new 7.1 install.
> > Routes are fine, I can do anything internally but the win box will not connect to
>the internet.
> > I have tried the simple 3 line masq routine, to no avail. I have tried pmfirewall,
>to no good.
> > My friend who has like 5+ years with *nix can not see anything wrong with any of
>the setup
> > however IP MASQ'ing will not work.
> >
> > Any help appreciated
> >
> > Brian D. Klar - CVE
> > OTS
> > WPAFB
> > (937)257-5773
> > 937-973-3125 (Pager)
I had a problem like this once...
Be sure to check
# cat /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
FORWARD_IPV4="yes"
Thanks... Dan.
