Using Fedora as firewall.

[david_pettersson at bredband.net]

Eric Diamond wrote:

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>This sounds like you specified a default gateway on the eth1 interface.
>Since it is a gateway, it shouldn't have one. The default gateway
>setting is used to create default routes when the interface is brought
>up. If you configure a gateway address on a gateway interface then
>packets passed to it destined for other networks will not be routed
>through it but rather passed on to it's gateway. 
>
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Thanks, that was the problem. I think I've just demonstrated how problematic it is to do something without the proper background knowledge. :-)