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Hi. I have an environment set up virtually identical to what is shown in the IP Masquerade HOWTO: linux box that's my router, firewall, and MASQ server, 192.168.0.1; other boxes at 0.2, 0.3, and so forth (win98, linux, win2k flavors). Got IP Masquerading and forwarding all set up on the 0.1 box, and generally it works fine. This machine sets up pppd on demand to my ISP, and waits around for traffic from one of the other machines. My question is: when I try to telnet on the internal LAN from this machine to another machine on the internal LAN, for some reason it wants to bring up the ppp link to complete the act - why?. This happens when I use the name of the other machine, but not when I use the local IP address of the other machine - yet the name of the other machine still resolves to the correct address (I'm using /etc/hosts and such, not bind). I've checked /etc/hosts, /etc/nsswitch.conf, /etc/resolv.conf, and /etc/networks to make sure everything is as it should be - it is. Maybe I am expecting an outcome that can't happen, and that's really the gist of this particular question - is it the case that the box that's set up with forwarding and masq simply will always try to go onto the net via ppp0, since it in fact has forwarding and masq set up? Or should I be able to accomplish what I am expecting, which is to be able to go off that box with a TCP service to somewhere else in my local net, and not expect to have to go outside to get a name or IP address? Thx, jbh _______________________________________________ Masq maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Admin requests can be handled at http://www.indyramp.com/masq-list/ -- THIS INCLUDES UNSUBSCRIBING! or email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE read the HOWTO and search the archives before posting. You can start your search at http://www.indyramp.com/masq/ Please keep general linux/unix/pc/internet questions off the list.
