On Sat, Nov 13, 1999 at 01:14:07AM +1100, Damon Muller wrote > Hi folks, > > Thanks to those who responded promptly to my pathetic cries for help with an > IP aliasing problem. I have finally found the culprit. > > The ipmasq package obviously sets up some ipchains rules that prevent any > connections to IP aliases. I'd installed the package (not sure why), and of > course it runs the ipmasq script in /etc/rcS.d, every time the system boots. > I'm not an ipchains expert, so I couldn't work out where these DENY rules > were coming from. > > Anyway, I used update-rc.d to remove the links, rebooted (anyone know of a > way to clear all the ipchains rules without rebooting?), and now it all > seems to work (fingers crossed!). >
FYI, ipmasq *should* deal correctly with aliases & multiple interfaces, but it must be run *after* they are configured. That said, the IPmasq package has had some problems in the past in this area; I'm not sure where it stands right now. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
