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Arun Thomas wrote:
> I am trying to set up IP Masqing, and I can't get past step 3 of the
> troubleshooting part of the HOWTO. I have two machines. I am running
> redhat linux 6.2 w/kernel 2.2.16 installed on both boxes. I have
> recompiled the kerenel with the correct settings. One is the masq
> server(snarf) with two internet cards. eth0 is the outside interface. It
> is configured using DHCP, and it works. (I can access the internet with
> it.) eth1 is the interface to the internal server. It has an IP of
> 192.168.0.1 and 255.255.255.0 as subnet. I can ping 192.168.0.1 (eth1)
> from snarf with no problem. The Masq'ed machine (orko) has an IP of
> 192.168.0.2 and a subnet of 255.255.255.0. From orko, I can ping
> 192.168.0.2 (it's own interface.) I cannot, however, get orko or snarf
> to ping each other. I checked the configurations of orko and snarf as
> the HOWTO said, but they seem to be correct.
> There is a link between the computers. (The NICs and the switch all
> have lights on.) I checked the archives and someone reccomended using a
> crossover cable, but I don't think this is necessary when they are
> connected with a switch. There is nothing wrong with the cables or the
> cards. I have used all of them to access the internet. All the
> information is below. Sorry if this has been answered before, but I
> could not find it in the archives. Also, I'm sorry for the long e-mail,
> but I should probably give you all the info or you won't be able to help
> me.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Arun
>
> internal MASQ'ed computer(orko):
>
> [root@orko /root]# ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:5A:27:35:13
> inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:23431 dropped:0 overruns:4 frame:35967
^^^^^
that looks like a lot of errors. what could be causing that?
raf
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