On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 05:11:47PM +0200, Zanga Chimombo wrote: >> You said 'i am able to ping 172.21.5.136 but not 172.21.0.1' > from a client machine on the internal network. > >> and 'i can >> connect fine to the internet from the gateway'. > >> So you can ping, say google.com from your gateway machine correctly? > yes. > >> But >> you can't ping 172.21.0.1 from your gateway? > i can ping 172.21.0.1 fine from the gateway but not from a client. > >> Since you can get to the internet from your gateway, then its routing should >> be fine, > everything is indeed fine from the gateway. i can browse www.google.com, > ping my ISPs gateway (172.21.0.1).the problem is the internal network. > >> and the next thing is to configure IP masqurading to allow your >> internal network to connect via that machine. > so i have to setup iptables? any pointers...?
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