Fuzzy Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----------------- > > ----------- | Linux-2.0.34 | > > | dial-up |<---->ppp0 | > > |static IP| | eth0<====>192.168.36.0 local network > > | address | | 192.168.36.50| > > ----------- | | > > | eth1<====>204.4.21.240 router to the "world" > > | 204.4.21.50 | > > ----------------- > Now, in practice, you probably have a static route pointing directly to > the ppp0 interface for its particular IP address, so this will work, but > only on the Linux box. Other systems will be unable to tell that they > are supposed to forward through the Linux box, because they will ASSUME > that they are all on the same network cable, and can talk directly to > one another, which is clearly not the case. Hi, my friend. Why don't you use the proxy ARP on the Linux box? If the Linux box could answer the ARP request from the eth0, other systems would be able to know use the Linux box to route data to dialuped static IP machine. George Lu --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For daily digest info, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
