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.
>
=09Yes, you'd have to devise a manual route on the Linux box that would u=
se the=20
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 ca=
n
> go from those behind the D Link to the Linux box, I'm happy!
>
=09You should always be able to go out from behind the DLink because that=
s what=20
the DLink is designed to do ; ) otherwise I'd take it back to Fry's. =20
Getting back in is the hard part, because the DLink is designed to make i=
t=20
hard (providing at the basic NAT, maybe Firewall depending on your model)=
it=20
would probably be very difficult to design routes back inside the DLink.
=09Your second option may be see if you can disable NAT on the DLink, use=
the=20
Linux box to hand out IPs (DHCP) and try to make it a one level network=20
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). . .=
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