On Sun, 08 May 2005 14:33:10 +1200 Matthew Dombroski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> can forward packets perfectly through that interface, the problem is > the orcon interface which doesnt have a gateway address to send > packets to. I understand orcon bitstream is a dsl service, if I'm right than you either have a router or a modem attached to that ethernet interface. The fact that you don't have a gateway address (or don't know where to find it) leads me to think that the adsl connection is not setup correctly (i.e. not an iptables problem) There are various modes in which you can configure you modem/router and some of them may not be possible as per ISP or not supported by your specific device. three common modes of operation, I can think of, are: 1- Linux box does PPPoE the modem deals with adsl physical layer and wraps your ethernet frames in ATM AAL5, you have to install and configure a PPPoE daemon ( google for 'roaring penguin' but I'm sure gentoo has a preferred one ); if setup correctly, once connected, you ethernet interface will be configured properly and routing will be as well. 2- Modem configured as half bridge, I use this at home but it's not for the faint hearted and it's not probably your case anyway. 3- Modem acting as NAT box in this case your gateway is the LOCAL ip address of your modem in the 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x range, you have to look it up on the modem configuration interface ( probably web based ), and, by the way, in this case you have to set manually an IP address in teh same range for your ethernet interface (or have one assigned by DHCP if your modem/router offers this option). HTH -- Delio
