I did compile ICMP Masq in the kernel. i can ping my gateway and two other machines inside my network, but can not ping anything outside ie. www.microsoft.com
or any ip not in my broadcast thankx for anymore suggestions ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rademaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 3:17 PM Subject: Re: can surf but not ping outside > Sounds like you didn't compile ICMP Masquerading in your kernel, since > ping uses ICMP packages (echo request and echo reply) you'll need ICMP > Masquerading as weel as IP Masquerading. > > Ron Rademaker > > On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Nick wrote: > > > hello list: > > > > i recently updated my kernel becuase i wanted to ip masq. and felt that if i needed to compile, might as well compile for a reason, to upgrade too! 2.2.15 w/ 2.1 debian > > > > anyways i have ipchains set up, my policies are as follows > > ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/24 -j MASQ > > > > i can now surf the internet from my inside network but CAN NOT PING anything but my own gateway! > > > > when i try to ping, my error is as follows: > > icmplog: desination unreachable from localhost 127.0.0.1 > > icmplog: desination unreachable from pbi.net (my dsl) > > > > i can look up the DNS but can seem to match up the IP > > > > how do i correct this problem either with ipchains or modprobing? > > >