I have a problem with the routing table on my gateway box: My linux box masquerades for the 10.0.0.0/24 network. From inside that network (on a WinXP box) I can get to the Bigpond cable news-server:
C:\>nslookup news-server.bigpond.net.au *** Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.1: Non-existent domain *** Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 10.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name: mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 Aliases: news-server.bigpond.net.au C:\>telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 200 Welcome to BigPond Advance -- http://www.bigpond.net.au (Typhoon v1.2.2) quit 205 GoodBye Connection to host lost. C:\> From the box that masquerades, however: bunbun:~# nslookup > server Default server: 61.9.192.14 Address: 61.9.192.14#53 Default server: 61.9.192.15 Address: 61.9.192.15#53 Default server: 61.9.128.15 Address: 61.9.128.15#53 Default server: 61.9.192.16 Address: 61.9.192.16#53 > news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 61.9.192.14 Address: 61.9.192.14#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: news-server.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 > server 10.0.0.1 Default server: 10.0.0.1 Address: 10.0.0.1#53 > news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 10.0.0.1 Address: 10.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: news-server.bigpond.net.au canonical name = mec2.bigpond.net.au. Name: mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 bunbun:~# telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 Trying 61.9.128.12... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out All the IP addressing looks the same -- Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant ... This is random quote 237 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
