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Re: [TCLUG:3866] Fixed (sort of) -- Multiple NE2000 cards



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>ipfwadm -F -p deny
>ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.15.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0
>
>The Win95 (192.168.15.2) system can ping the 486 (192.168.15.1), and
>also the 486's other ethernet card.  The Win95 system cannot send
>packets any farther than that..  The RedHat system can ping anything it
>wants (well, within reason ;-) -- the Win95 system and anything out on
>the 'wide world' of the Internet..

This maybe be obvious, but you did set up the other box to use the Linux 
box as the gateway. I have the same rules on my box.

>aw shoot...  I shouldn't have been using ping, right?  ICMP masquerading
>probably isn't enabled (Ping packets probably aren't masqueraded in the
>stock RedHat kernel)  bah!!  But, if ICMP packets can't be masqueraded,
>could I even get the second ethernet card?  hmmm...
>
>Regardless, I couldn't seem to get anything to go _through_ the RedHat
>box..  However, maybe I just wasn't being patient..  Larry's POPMail
>client wouldn't access his mailbox (AFAIK..)
>
>Anyway, if anyone has thoughts/ideas/rants/etc, Larry and I would like
>to know...


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Jeff