On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 22:43, gaston wrote:
>     Internet
>               |
>               |
>       ________|________
>       |               |
>       | Cisco 2600    |                                               
>               |       |   
>         IP: 208.53.98.254               
>       |_______________|
>               |
>               |       
>               |
>               |
>               |       
>               |
>       ________|_________
>       |               |
>       |     Switch 1  |                       
>                           
>       |_______________|
>       
>               |       
>               |
>               |
>               |       
>               |
>              ETH0 ---> IP:208.53.98.198        Net 208.53.98.0/25
>       ________|________
>       |               |
>       |    Linux      | 
>       |_______________|
>               |
>              ETH1 --> IP:208.53.164.254    Net 208.53.164.0/24        
>       
>               |
>               |
>       ________|_________
>       |               |
>       |     Switch 2  | ------ Clients                        
>                           
>        
>       |_______________|
>                       
> Red Hat Linux 9
> Kernel: 2.4.20-8
> I used the traditional routing config (without iproute2)
> 
> 
> Routing table:
> 
> 208.53.98.128   0.0.0.0         255.255.255.128 U                   0 eth0
> 208.53.164.0    0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U                   0 eth1
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U                   0 eth1
> 127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U                   0 lo
> 0.0.0.0         208.53.98.254   0.0.0.0         UG                  0 eth0
> 
>               
> Cisco 2600 config:
> 
> ip route 208.53.164.0 255.255.255.0 208.53.98.198
> 
> 
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4 
> 
> ip_forward:1
Good

> 
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/ethX
> 
> Problem:
> 
> This configuration didn't work. From the clients network (208.53.164.0) I
> could only reach (ping) the Cisco router but was unable to reach 
> Internet. 
> 
> 
> Yes, the cisco knows that everything going to the net 208.53.164.0 goes
> through the linux.
> 
> I did a traceroute from one of the clients to cisco's website ip:
> 
> 1st hop --> 208.53.164.254
> 2nd hop --> Time out
> 3d --> Time out
> and so on
> 
> The only quick solution was to connect Switch 1 with Switch 2.
> 
> 

Can the linux box get out? 

What about firewall rules on the linux box. Do you have a forward rule
for 208.53.164.0/24  

anything in /var/log/messages?

Bret


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