FW: Some problem????...

[Jerzy Miszczyk <jersey@isys.co.za>]

Hi there...

I try to connect with "illegal" 192.168.10.x (Net2) network to a "legal" 
196.25.147.x (Net1) network with an analog leased line and PPP:

	|         |
	|         |
	|         |
	A---PPP---B
	|         |
    Net1      Net2

I configured A-PPP with address 192.168.11.1 and B-PPP with address 
192.168.11.2. Machine A runs masquerading for 192.168.11.0 network. Machine 
B talks to internet without any problems but the rest of the Net2 does not 
even want to see A-PPP address. Something must be done with routing on B 
machine but .... what? :))) Or the whole idea is a bit stuffed up? Any 
suggestions will be appreciated.

Routing table on machine "B"

Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use 
Iface
192.168.11.1    *               255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 
ppp0
localnet        *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0       14 
eth0
127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        9 lo
default         192.168.11.1    0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        2 
ppp0

Interesting thing that (out of desperation) after I enabled masquerading 
for the Net2 everything seems to be working fine except.... SMTP connection 
to my "smart" host on 196.25.147.x is timing out all the time and most 
messages are waiting in the que indefinitely :(((

Best regards
"Jersey"