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Francisco X. Soria wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I stuck on the last set of tests for ip masq. I have a RH 6.2 server masquing
> for a win 98 pc. I followed all the how to steps, and from the server, I can
> ping both the static eth0 (192.168.0.1) and the DHCP eth1 (66.24.1.248)
> interfaces, and to the win 98 pc (192.168.0.2). From the win 98 pc I can ping
> its own ip, and both the eth0 and eth1 interfaces of the server, however I can
> not ping external ip addresses from the internet from the win pc. I can
> however ping external ip addresses from he linux server.
>
> I enabled networking + FORWARD_IPV4 in the network file and configured the
> rc.d document as specified in the HOWTO. The windows 98 client has linux
> server (192.168.0.1) set up as its primary gateway and has its Domain defined
> as twcny.rr.com with appropriate DNS servers.
>
> I have read through the HOWTO and through the mailings but could not find an
> answer. I suspect it may have something to do with what I did with the rc.d
> file. I made the file executable and added the following to the
> /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: echo "Loading the rc.firewall ruleset.."
> /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
>
> I rebooted the machine but I noticed the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag
> file that was supposed to be modified by the script was not modified to show a
> 1 instead of a 0, not even after reboot. Since I am a novice, I am not sure
> if there is anything else I have to do to the file or if this is even the
> problem. If you have any sugestions or could point me to some additional
> readings, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance!
>
> my system info can be viewed at: http://www.ithaca.edu/soria/system.html
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Francisco Soria
check the default gateway on the internal hosts.
if forwarding is on, that's the next most likely
reason.
raf
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