ANSWER:
There is a bug with REDHAT 6.2
when it comes to IP FORWARDING.
You must ACTIVATE ip forwarding for your networking to work.
You can do this in several ways:
#1 Use 'netcfg' to graphically allow ip forwarding.
(does not work for me)
#2 Use linuxconf and allow ip forwarding
#3 Include the following lines in your rc.local
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_always_defrag
(see if the directories are the same, I lifted #3 from
my Mandrake 7.1 server, you may look for the files and
edit it with your editor replace 0 with 1)
Please send a reply if this works or not.
Regards,
Edwin Casimero
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>Subject: [plug] PPP Problem
>I have set up a dial-in server in my RH6.2 using
mgetty/ppp. The client is a Win98 machine. I have enabled
the AutoPPP function. The Win98 machine was able to connect
to the server, with the correct IP address, but it can't use
the internet. Furthermore, it can ping ONLY the server and
nothing else. The Win98 machine, when connected to the
server, has the ff. info (winipcfg):
>
>IP address - 192.168.0.69
>Subnet Mask - 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway - 192.168.0.69
>
>[NOTE: not the actual ip addresses; the real ones are valid
internet ip addresses]
>The problem I see here is that the client uses itself as
gateway. Also, the server's netmask is 255.255.255.224, not
255.255.255.0. This is my /etc/ppp/options file:
>
>-detach
>auth
>asyncmap 0
>require-pap
>refuse-chap
>modem
>crtscts
>lock
>nodefaultroute
>proxyarp
>192.168.0.67:192.168.0.69
>netmask 255.255.255.224
>ms-dns [dns server 1]
>ms-dns [dns server 2]
>
>If it's of any use, the dial-in server is also a DNS server
(which I used in dns-server 1).
>
>How do I correct this problem? As much as possible, I
don't want to configure the Win98 TCP/IP properties; I want
the server to do all the stuff for the client.
>
>Thanks a lot.
>
>jOoN
>
>
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