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Eric Fowkes (efowkes@info.irex.org) wrote:

: I've set up a Linux box on my Novell network and have gotten sendmail 
: working and processing internet mail from the work stations via Pegasus 
: for Windows and Winsock.  Everything is working great as far as mail goes.

: The question I have is this:  From my work station I can ping the Linux 
: box with no problem and as long as Winsock is running on my work station 
: I can ping my work station from the Linux box.

: I can't ping anything past the Linux box though.  I've checked the route 
: command and pm1.digex.net, which is our SLIP gateway machine at Digex is 
: listed as the default gateway but I can't seem to get Linux to pass the 
: ping through to the gateway.

: I know I'm getting as far as the Linux box.  Why can't I get any further 
: than that?  I'd really appreciate some help on this if anyone knows any 
: tricks.  I'm assuming it's something to do with route and possibly 
: ifconfig but I've run out of ideas.

: Thanks for any help ahead of time.  If I have any hair left it will be a 
: miracle!

: Eric
: efowkes@info.irex.org

  Eric,

    You do have your kernel recompiled with "IP Forwarding", don't you?
The normal Linux kernel right out of the box does not have this feature
enabled. You have to recompile it. Also with the setup you seem to be
running, make sure that your kernel is at least 1.2.4 or above.
  The major 1.2.1 had added IP firewalling to the kernel, but was quickly
updated with 1.2.4 to fix some kind of IP security problem. Not too sure
of the details about it though. Just grab 1.2.8 and recompile the kernel
with IP forwarding enabled. If this doesn't solve your problem, just keep
posting. I am sure one of us can help you.

  Hope this helps some.

            -kludge@clark.net

"The only thing worse than a kludge is a kludge that won't work."
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