Re: routing problem

[Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> giusez72@alice.it wrote:
> > Hi all I have dth fallowing problem.. I have a router with public ip
> > (for example 194.10.8.1/30) and my Debian whit eth1 public ip
> > 194.10.8.2/30. Everything works fine I can ping outside no problem.. but
> > my Debian also fas eth0 interface with ip 192.168.1.1 and it is the
> > gateway of my LAN. The problem is that packets from my lan stops at
> > 194.10.8.2. It seems to be Debian cannot routes packets ??
> >
> > etc/network/interfaces..
> > iface eth0 inet static
> > address 192.168.1.1
> > 255.255.255.0
> > gateway 194.10.8.2
> >
> > iface eth1 inet static
> > address 194.10.8.2
> > 255.255.255.252       
> > gateway 194.10.8.1
> >
> > I also added..
> >
> > route add -net 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 gw 194.10.8.1 dev eth1
> >
> > ..but no way to make my Debian works as router/gateway for computers
> > iiside my lan
> >
> > Giuseppe
>
> Please investigate the shorewall package.  Their documentation at
> www.shorewall.net provides a great deal of information on how to setup a
> firewall/gateway/router in a number of different combinations.
>
> -Roberto

Roberto, I finally found great nfs documentation at the shorewall site. 
Very complete. You shorewall evangilization finally paid off! Thanks!

H