Redhat 9 and IP Masquerading

[Brian D. McGrew]

Good morning All:

I'm trying to setup a Redhat 9 machine to do IP Masquerading on our 
internal network with a DSL modem.  We're using an old Dell PE2300 
machine that seems to run the OS and X just fine.  We've got two NIC's 
in the box, a Linksys and a Netgear; both are working.  I can put the 
DSL on either card and get out to the world just fine.

However, on the internal network I can not see nor ping any host.  The 
internal IP of the machine is 192.168.2.1 (which is the same as the old 
DSL router that was physically removed).  I can't ping anything.  I 
look at an ifconfig -a printout and it shows zero packets received but 
a whole lot of dropped packets.

I was always under the impression that I should be able to ping the 
'router' from the internal network and I can not.  I've looked at 
everything I can think of including 'Security Settings' and made sure 
that (for now) the firewall is turned off (No Firewall).  What else 
should I be looking at here, any ideas?

Thanks,

-brian

Brian D. McGrew		{ brian at doubledimension.com || 
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