General routing question?

Issac Newton mr_issac_newton at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 1 03:55:10 UTC 2005


--- "Marcus O. White" <1lnxraider at comcast.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 11:11 -0400, Phil wrote:
> > Only computer D has multiple nics.
> > 
> > But I needed to make computer A a router. then everything worked.
> > 
> > On 5/31/05, Marcus O. White <1lnxraider at comcast.net> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 10:54 -0400, Phil wrote:
> > > > Fedora Core 2
> > > >
> > > > I have COMPUTER A on NETWORK A that has a route to NETWORK B
> using
> > > > COMPUTER D as the gateway
> > > >
> > > > Now if I I have COMPUTER C on NETWORK A has a route to NETWORK
> B and
> > > > uses COMPUTER A as the gateway will COMPUTER C be able to ping
> a
> > > > computer on NETWORK B?
> > > >
> > > > Phil
> > > Are Computers A, B and D on the same network/subnet? Does
> Computer D
> > > have multiple NIC installed, which would allow it to work as a
> router?
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Marcus O. White <1lnxraider at comcast.net>
> > > 
> > > --
> > > fedora-list mailing list
> > > fedora-list at redhat.com
> > > To unsubscribe:
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> > >
> > 
> 
> If all three computers A, C and D are on the the same subnet (ie
> 192.168.1.0) and with the same subnet mask (ie 255.255.255.0), then
> computers A and C should have the same default gateway. Which should
> be
> the IP Address of the NIC directly attached to the same 192.168.1.0
> network. With IP Forwarding turned on for computer D, it's default
> gateway (route) should be set, on the second NIC, to the nearest
> upstream router.
> 
> Marcus O.
> -- 
> Marcus White <1midniterider at comcast.net>
> -- 
> Marcus O. White <1lnxraider at comcast.net>
> 

I was going to say the same thing, just make sure A allows C to access
the network, and that A is on for C to connect.
> -- 
> fedora-list mailing list
> fedora-list at redhat.com
> To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
> 


		
__________________________________ 
Discover Yahoo! 
Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! 
http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html 




More information about the fedora-list mailing list