Re: forward not works

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 10:52:43AM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to use one machine with two card, as gateway, I activate the
> ip_forward, ( echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward ), but it
> didn't work.
> no replying packet when I ping from a machine to another via my GW,
>
> Something else is needed ??

Maybe some iptables rule? I always setup gateways with shorewall. First you need to activate forwarding in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf and then change /etc/shorewall/masq to suit your config.

Regards,
Andrei

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