hi just a long shot ! check /etc/sysconfig/network is forwarding set to either yes or true ?... it should be its very easy to miss
regards richard On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 04:17, Dave Sherman wrote: > On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 13:42, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 25. November 2001 17:36 schrieben Sie: > > > Couple of questions for you: > > > > > > 1. Can you ping your own interfaces? That is, from your desktop can > > > you ping each of the cards' IP addresses? Can you ping 127.0.0.1? > > > Can you also ping your laptop's card from itself (the real IP and > > > 127.0.0.1)? If you can't do that, then you obviously won't be going > > > anywhere outside... > > > > Yes to all, all NICs can ping their own address and the NICs in each > > machine can ping the respective Io addresses. > > > > > 2. Do you have a firewall running on either of the PCs? Sometimes > > > > Tried that road already, no success. > > > > > 3. Do you have internet connection sharing enabled in the desktop > > > PC? If not, it won't be able to forward packets from your laptop > > > out to the internet. > > > > Yes I did. > > > > > 4. Can your desktop reach the internet? You seem to imply that you > > > can, but I am not sure. > > > > Yes it can > > > > > 5. Am I understanding that your desktop's external interface (eth1) > > > has two IP addresses? Can you give more information about your ADSL > > > > The external interface is eth0. It is linked to ppp0 which presents > > itself as the internet connector. > > ADSL in Germany (if you don't have a router) works like this: > > >From the wall socket your telephone line (ISDN) goes to a splitter. > > >From there one line goes to the ISDN box and further to the ISDN > > devices. The other line goes to the DSL modem and from there to the > > NIC in the pc. > > Software used is the pppoe package. > > > > > I will try to give more help when I see your answers. > > > > I appreciate the time you waste in this. > > As long as your desktop is connecting to the Internet ok, then we can > probably assume everything on that side is setup correctly. > > I think the next thing I would try to do is traceroute from your laptop, > to some IP address on the internet. That way, we can see just where your > TCP packets are getting hung up. > > To traceroute: > $ /usr/sbin/traceroute 208.20.203.226 > > The IP address is the static IP of my DSL router. Feel free to try mine, > or another address closer to you. > > Dave
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