On Mon December 24 2007, hce wrote: > I did as per above, then did a reboot on my Debian laptop and ping > from my desktop in wifi local network: > > # ping -c 2 www.google.com > PING www.l.google.com (209.85.175.147): 56 data bytes > > --- www.l.google.com ping statistics --- > 2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss > > It seems that the DNS works, but still could not get through the > Internet via my laptop. The laptop does not formward packges to ppp0, > something seems still missing in my loptop? NAT on eth1. I though that was already understood. You need iptables package to be installed (chances are its already installed). Several ways to enable it but easiest would be to add a line to the /etc/network/interfaces
find the lines that configures eth1 and add this line at the bottom : up iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE then restart networking : # /etc/init.d/networking restart Mihira. -- Random Quotes From Megas XLR Coop: You see? The mysteries of the Universe are revealed when you break stuff. Jamie: When in doubt, blow up a planet. Kiva: It's an 80 foot robot, if we can't see it, absolutely it's not here. Glorft Technician: Unnecessary use of force in capturing the Earthers has been approved. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
