You have to use masquerading for the third box that you want to pass packets to. If you don't use masquerading then the third box which is not directly connected to the internet would have a private address which cannot communicate on the internet. The only way around it would be to get enough static IP's from your ISP to create an additional subnet that the third machine is on. In that respect it could communicate on the net using the directly connected machine as a router but much more troublesome than necessary with simple masquerading in place you don't have to use firewall rules, just default everything to allow.
I hope I didn't misunderstand your question... Larry S. Brown Dimension Networks, Inc. (727) 723-8388 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tibbetts, Ric Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 8:56 AM To: Redhat List Subject: Simple router All; I need a simple way to just "pass packets". I have 3 devices, and two network drops. (yeah, same old story). My RH 8.0 box has two nics in it, so I thought I could set one up to just play "dumb hub", and pass packets to one of the the other boxes. Both boxes have, and need, static IPs. (the extra NIC is currently unassigned, and unused, so I can do anything with it). Is there a "simple" way to do this? I don't need any firewalling, or IP masq'ing, or any of that. It just needs to play hub, and pass packets. Thank you! Ric -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
