[plug] Problem with gateway

[anthonyw at webace.com.au]

AHH yes /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward was not set to 1
now to find why it wasn't set to 1

Thanks heaps

> Hi Anthony,
>
> Try that rule in the FORWARD chain. Packets that are destined to be
> forwarded on do not traverse the INPUT or OUTPUT chains. Also make sure
> /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward is still set to 1.
>
> Dean
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <anthonyw at webace.com.au>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 5:53 PM
> Subject: [plug] Problem with gateway
>
>
>> i have an old pc set up as a gateway for my home. it is curently running
>> redhat 9 using iptables to do masquerading. it has been working fine and
>> i
>> have not had any problems over the years but for some reason it has
>> stopped forwarding traffic from the local network to the internet.
>> I still have access to the the web via the proxy installed on the
>> gateway
>> but i cannot access any mail servers, i cant even ping any site on the
>> internet.
>>
>> i modified iptables to log all packets from the local network to try and
>> determine what was happening
>> root]#iptables -I INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j LOG --log-prefix "LOCAL
>> TRAFFIC:"
>> But the only traffic logged is that destined for 192.168.0.1 (the
> gateway).
>> Does this mean that the gateway is not recieving the packets destined
>> for
>> the internet?
>>
>> i have not made any modifications to any configurations recently and i
>> am
>> at a loss as to why it has stopped working. Any help would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Anthony
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