Yup, that's my take on it! Works enough to keep me happy! Thank you all for the input and help!! pete On Mon, 2002-12-30 at 13:50, Kyle Faber wrote: > On Monday 30 December 2002 2:24 pm, mazdaracer wrote: > > I'm guessing here, but do you mean that I have to add the routes to the > > Linux box? Don't know if they can be added to the D Link. > > > > Yes, you'd have to devise a manual route on the Linux box that would use the > DLink as a gateway. I've never done this because I've never needed it. > > > Did I mention that now I can access Apache from the laptop? This is > > good,so we may not even have to go any further on this. As long as I can > > go from those behind the D Link to the Linux box, I'm happy! > > > You should always be able to go out from behind the DLink because thats what > the DLink is designed to do ; ) otherwise I'd take it back to Fry's. > Getting back in is the hard part, because the DLink is designed to make it > hard (providing at the basic NAT, maybe Firewall depending on your model) it > would probably be very difficult to design routes back inside the DLink. > > Your second option may be see if you can disable NAT on the DLink, use the > Linux box to hand out IPs (DHCP) and try to make it a one level network > instead of the dual that you have right now. > > But then again, you seem happy with it now, so if it Ain't Broke(tm). . . > > -- > Kyle Faber > Account Manager > EMR Internet > kyle@emr.net > 623-581-0842 voice > 623-582-9499 fax > > **EMR Internet - Residential & Business Solutions for YOUR business! ** > > * Dial-up > * DSL > * Web-hosting > * Server Co-Location > * Network Management > --------------------------------------------------- > 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