I think that unless the ADSL router has a route to the 192.168.0.0 network, it can't route packets pack from the Internet. Its default route is probably something from your ISP. As packets come back from the Internet destined for 192.168.0.x, the router only has a route to 192.168.5.0 or the default (back to the Internet) to handle it.

I can think of only three options at the mo to fix this:
1. Add a route on the ADSL router for the 192.168.0.0 network that uses 192.168.5.70 as the gateway 2. Open the subnets to be /21 (255.255.248.0) or /16 to allow the subnets to talk without routing. This would seem to defeat the purpose of your design though. 3. Add NAT to the 192.168.0.1 system so that the 192.168.0.0 network is masqueraded as 192.168.5.0. Then the ADSL router doesn't have to deal with routing to the 192.168.0.0 network.

Hope I've understood it right.

Mark C.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
if anybody can explain my lack-of-understanding I'd really appreciate it. Thanks


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Network 192.168.0.0
.
192.168.0.1  Machine
192,168.5.70 One
.
.
192.168.5.1  ADSL Router
.            Internet
-------------------

Machines in 192.168.0.0 network have default GW 192.168.0.1
They can interact (ping etc) with machines in   192.168.5.0 network

Machines in 192.168.5.0 metwork have default GW 192.168.5.1
They can interact with the 192.168.0.0 machines
192.168.0.0     jupiter.home    255.255.255.0   UG    0      0        0 br0
and with the internet
default         hawood.home     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 br0

Of course MachineOne, the GW machine for 192.168.0.0 can see out of 192.168.5.1

How do machines in the 192.168.0.0 network get to see the internet out of 192.168.5.1 gateway?

[br0 is irrelevant, it could be eth0, it's used by openvpn]
James


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