On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Richard Vaughan wrote:
> Diald seems to be running ok from the machine I configured it on. However.
> I'm having trouble setting up another Linux box to connect through it.
>
> The second machine is running DNS, Sendmail, and SQUID, and is the box I
> normally surf the net through (from a third machine!). I've set the machines
> gateway to point at the new box, but it doesn't seem to force the connection
> up.
The machine running diald wouldn't happen to be a 2.2 box
would it? You have remembered to echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
to enable forwarding, haven't you? I wasted a whole morning not so
long ago because I "forgot" that one when doing a remote upgrade.
It took quite a while for the red mist of panic to thin out enough
that I noticed my subconscious chanting "it's *forwarded* packets"...
Mike
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