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My PC can ping eth0 and the Win98 machine can ping eth1, My PC can't ping
eth1 or the Win98 machine, the Win98 machine can't ping eth0 or my PC.

The firewall rules work, I have been able to block ports.
I have /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward set to "1".

What else??

Scott

Quote:> Okay, I have been trying to make a firewall/IP masq. box.
> I have Slackware 8.1 installed.
> I have read instructions and examples of how to set it all up, my biggest
> problem (I have been using iptables) is that it won't forward ip
> requests. For context, I am doing this for someone who has DSL, being I
> am still (sadly) on dial-up I cannot test it. So I set my Linux box up as
> a DHCP server to emulate what the DSL will provider. I have eth0
> connected to my PC via crossover, and eth1 connected to my switch. Then I
> have a Win98 machine connected to the switch as well getting an DHCP IP
> from the "firewall".

> My PC can ping eth0 and the Win98 machine can ping eth1, My PC can't ping
> eth1 or the Win98 machine, the Win98 machine can't ping eth0 or my PC.

Check whether the routing table on the Win98 box is properly
set up. It should have a default gateway set to the IP address
of the firewall's eth1.

If there is no default gateway set, check the DHCP configuration
of the firewall. The "option routers" should be set to the fw's
eth1 IP address.

If this is not the case, then you need to give more information
about your configuration (ifconfig, route -n, iptables rule set)
and the _exact_ error response of the ping commands.

HTH

Ciao, Horst
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Quote:> Okay, I have been trying to make a firewall/IP masq. box.