actually, if you do it right, you don't need to assign a gateway for eth1. just use an ech statement that allows ipv4_forwarding on. thats what I use without truble at all and saves on the gatway line entries Technomage On Monday 11 November 2002 04:38 am, you wrote: > What distro are you running? > > I have cox dhcp and have ipmasq running off a firewall that gives the > boxes behind the firewall internet access. I am running RH 7.3 > > eth0 is set for cox dhcp, eth1 is set for 192.168.0.1, the boxes > behind this are set to 192.168.0.x and 192.168.0.x where x is anything > from 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254. > > The gateway for all machines behind the firewall is 192.168.0.1 > > The gateway for eth1 is cox dhcp ipaddress, everytime cox changes > your ip address, you have to change the gateway for eth1 to the new > value. > > I have to say that it took me a little time to get this set up running > correctly, now that it is, all I have to do to add another pc is > configure the new machine and that's it. > > Hope this helps --- I'll dig around and look where I got the firewall > scripts from, they work just great, and let you know. > > FrankM > > On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 17:28, Unixprgrmr@aol.com wrote: > > How do I go from cox dhcp to ip masquerade for fixed ips? > > > > I already have a system w/2 nic cards.... > > > > Thanks! > > Lynn > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own - No. 6