[Gllug] routing problems (ip forwarding)

[Liad Bokovsky]

send the following data as well:

netmasks.
routing table on the linux machine (netstat -rn)
check if ip forwarding is really enabled (cat
/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward should return 1).

Liad

On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 04:49:49PM +0100 , Xander D Harkness mentioned that:

>I have a laptop I am trying to route through.
>
>The laptop has a wireless card and a built-in ethernet port.
>
>I am trying to use the laptop as a wireless router for my Zaurus.
>
>ipaddress for ethernet is 192.168.1.59 (internet gateway 192.168.1.1)
>ipaddress for wireless is 192.168.2.1
>ipaddress for zaurus is 192.168.1.190 (gateway 192.168.2.1)
>
>I can ping the laptop (192.168.2.1) from the Zaurus.
>I can ping the zaurus (192.168.2.190) from the laptop
>I cannot ping through the laptop in either direction.
>
>I have disabled any firewall and enabled IP forwarding.
>
>The laptop is running limbo2 (latest RH beta) kernel version 2.4.18-5.58
>
>Has anyone an idea as to why?
>
>Kind regards
>Xander
>
>[root at lappy network-scripts]# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>[root at lappy network-scripts]# ifconfig
>eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:F5:07:BB:FC
>          inet addr:192.168.1.59  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:332 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:442 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>          RX bytes:305411 (298.2 Kb)  TX bytes:40260 (39.3 Kb)
>          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x3200
>
>eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:2D:27:84:93
>          inet addr:192.168.2.1  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:115 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:4 errors:35 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>          RX bytes:10188 (9.9 Kb)  TX bytes:5640 (5.5 Kb)
>          Interrupt:3 Base address:0x100
>
>lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>          RX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>          RX bytes:4694 (4.5 Kb)  TX bytes:4694 (4.5 Kb)
>
>
>
>
>-- 
>Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
>http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug

-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at linux.co.uk
http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug