You need to setup NAT, search for NAT linux and IPTables, you should find a NAT how-to.
>From what I can tell your inhouse network is using non-routable IP addresses, so a router isn't what you want. A NAT router is what you want. > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Lange [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 4:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [gentoo-user] gentoo as a router > > > Hello everyone, > > And again i can't find the solution for a trivial task such > as setting up my gentoo box as a simple router for my home LAN. > > Ok here's my situation: > > I'm running rp-pppoe on a gentoo box that shall act as > router. Everything runs well, but the other boxes can't ping > outside the LAN. > > Somebody wrote in a forum that i need to execute the following > command: > > echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > I did that, without success. > > Here's my routing table (the router LAN IP is 192.168.88.101): > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric > Ref Use Iface > 217.5.98.87 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 > 0 0 ppp0 > 192.168.88.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 > 0 0 eth0 > loopback localhost 255.0.0.0 UG 0 > 0 0 lo > default 217.5.98.87 0.0.0.0 UG 0 > 0 0 ppp0 > > My other boxes are configured well and shouldn't require any > changes. If i boot the router with my SuSE system, everything > works well. Each time i'm booting the router with my gentoo > system, only the router can reach the internet (ping). > > Maybe it's a kernel config problem again. I surfed thru' > countless online guides, manuals, FAQs, without success. So, > any ideas ? > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list