In your email to me, Pete Templin, you wrote: > > > Hi there, > > I'm in the process of setting up a 486 sx/25 as a dialup router > (with one modem and one network card). Unfortunately, the ISP can't seem > to get the external routing right yet, so my testing is being held up. > > The question is this: I've compiled a lean, mean kernel with the > appropriate IP forwarding enabled (no firewalling or masquerading is being > used). Will it "route" by default, or do I need to add a specific package > or other external software? > > Here's the output of "route": > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > cs10.mil.ptd.ne * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 2 ppp0 > cs10.mil.ptd.ne * 255.255.255.255 UH 1 0 0 sl0 > 204.186.230.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 35 eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 18 lo > default * 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 87 ppp0 > default * 0.0.0.0 U 1 0 15 sl0 > > The modem is 204.186.27.145 (cs10-01.mil.ptd.net). Our IP addresses (not > yet completely routed, but will be routed through the modem) are: > 204.186.230.1, 204.186.230.2, 204.186.230.3 . The first address is given > to the network card in the Linux dialup router, and the second address is > assigned to an NT server on the network, so once the external router to > the ISP recognizes the route, pinging 204.186.230.2 is a good test.
I take it that the sl0 is a dialup connection? You have to add a static route (maybe) and proxyarp it (arp -s). The rest should be OK. The dialups are the real pains since they have no MAC address to arp to. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "You cannot paint the 'Mona Lisa' by assigning one dab each to a thousand painters." -- William F. Buckley, Jr. ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
