fedora as a router

[Vincent Blondel]

It was really a stupid problem.

Thanks a lot :)

Vincent.

> On 9/18/05, Vincent Blondel <vincent at xtra-net.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Fedora Users,
>>
>> I am trying to configure my Fedora system as a router but this is not
>> working.
>>
>> In my opinion, configuring Linux as a router is nothing more than
>>
>> "echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4.ip_forward".
>>
>> This is my current situation.
>>
>> Distro : Fedora FC3 ( last update today )
>>
>> machine A --> fedora router --> machine B.
>>
>> machine A : 192.168.3.1 <http://192.168.3.1> netmask 255.255.255.0<http://255.255.255.0>
>> defaultroute 192.168.3.2 <http://192.168.3.2>
>> Fedora router : eth1 192.168.3.2 <http://192.168.3.2> netmask
>> 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>
>> eth2 192.168.2.1 <http://192.168.2.1> netmask 255.255.255.0<http://255.255.255.0>
>>
>> echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4.ip_forward"
>> iptables : no rules defined ( everything ACCEPT )
>>
>> machine B : 192.168.2.2 <http://192.168.2.2> netmask 255.255.255.0<http://255.255.255.0>
>>
>> When I try to ping, from machine A 192.168.3.2 <http://192.168.3.2> and
>> 192.168.2.1 <http://192.168.2.1>, no problem but when I try to ping
>> 192.168.2.2 <http://192.168.2.2> or when I try connect on
>> the webserver running on 192.168.2.2 <http://192.168.2.2>, I don't get any
>> answer.
>>
>> I know this question is very stupid but it seems I miss something. So can
>> somebody help me to solve this problem ???
>>
>
> Did you set 192.168.2.1 <http://192.168.2.1> as the default gateway on
> 192.168.2.2 <http://192.168.2.2>?
>
> Best regards,
> Bernd.
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