[4173] in linux-net channel archive
Re: 2 NIC's in linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christoph Lameter)
Fri Aug 23 23:56:16 1996
To: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
From: clameter@miriam.fuller.edu (Christoph Lameter)
Date: 23 Aug 1996 20:24:05 -0700
Andrew J. Saunders (ajsaunders@[172.16.100.2]) wrote:
: Now, from the Linux terminal, I can go anywhere I want, cruise the
: internet, send mail, etc. However, from my PC on network
: 172.XX.XX.XX, I can ping the 172.XX.XX.XX card, and the 206.110.XX.XX
: card, but I can't ping the router on 206.110.16.17, and therefore I
: can't get to the internet. My routing table is as follows:
Did you enable forwarding/gatewaying when you compiled the kernel?
Otherwise you set up looks fine to me.
: I thought it was a configuration problem on my Cisco router, and my
: router vendor says it's a problem with the Linux box because it is
: not as intelligent as his Cisco router, and he would like to sell me
: another one. But if it is a problem with the linux box routing, then
: I should not be able to ping the 206 network because it is on another
: card. But I can. Hmm
A salesmen. Linux is much more intelligent than a router and can function as one.
I would like to get rid of ours if possible. Could never convince ours even to do subnet
routing. Dont think about IPmasquerading etc etc.
