On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Ashish Verma<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have two systems, 1 server and the other client. > The server has 2 interfaces, 1 in 172 network and the other in 192 network. > In the client I have configured the server as the default gateway. There is > only one interface on the client configured wiht 172 network. > > Now, whether or not I set the net.ipv4.ip_forward to "1", I am able to ping > the 192 interface from the client on 172 network. *Is this expected > behavior?* There are no iptables or anything of that sort configured.
ip_forward set to 1 only means the packets can be forwarded across interfaces. In this case, the host is responding and that has been reached via the 172 interface. If ip_forward is 0, you cannot ping systems in the 192 network other than the host having the two cards. Mohan Sundaram _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
