ha! it's all good i found out what was wrong and i thought i'd share. i didn't know i had to do this as well:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward now all i have to do is figure out DNAT and actually impliment security. :) thanks for your help! ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 1:57 AM Subject: Re: networking not working > wonderful! > it works! > ...sort of > > now i my gateway can see the world > and my webserver can see the gateway > but my webserver CAN'T see the world > and the world CAN'T see my webserver > > iptables does this right? > ...how? > > i set the following: > > iptables --policy INPUT ACCEPT > iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT > iptables --policy FORWARD ACCEPT > > iptables -t nat --policy PREROUTING ACCEPT > iptables -t nat --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT > iptables -t nat --policy POSTROUTING ACCEPT > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:29 AM > Subject: Re: networking not working > > > > > now i'm not even concerned with actual software yet... at the moment, i > > > can't even get the lights on my hub to light up for the connection from > my > > > gateway to the hub. where are the cables supposed to plug into the hub? > > > right now i have the cable from the gateway going into the "uplink" > > plug... > > > do i need a crossover cable for this? > > > > I think the cable from the gateway should just go into any normal plug, > not > > the uplink plug. I am not exactly sure what the uplink plug is for. And > also > > use a straight cable. > > > > HTH, > > David > > > > > -- > 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