On 5/17/2021 2:35 PM, tha...@letterboxes.org wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I'm working on setting up my first linux based Shorewall firewall.  Finally 
> getting rid of the Netgear router/firewall.
> 
> I'm having trouble getting to my internet-connected Modem's Web interface 
> from my LAN.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that I'm not understanding routes the right way.
> 
> My network looks like this
> 
>       PUBLIC INTERNET
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       ATT MODEM
>       |  eth0: IP ADDRESS = 192.168.1.254  (Web User Interface)
>       |
>       |
>       |  eth1: IP ADDRESS = 99.X.X.X
>       |        IP ADDRESS = 192.168.1.25
>       LINUX ROUTER
>       |  eth0: IP ADDRESS = 172.30.8.1
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       ETHERNET SWITCH
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       |  eth0: IP ADDRESS = 172.30.8.104
>       |        IP ADDRESS = 192.168.1.104
>       DESKTOP
> 
> 
> ON the "LINUX ROUTER", I can
>       -- ping the "LINUX ROUTER" @ 192.168.1.25
>       -- ping the "ATT MODEM" @ 192.168.1.254
>       -- access the 'Web User Interface' on the "ATT MODEM" in a browser
>       -- access everything on the Public Internet
> 
> ON the "DESKTOP", I can
>       -- access everything on the Public Internet
> 
> ON the "DESKTOP", I can NOT
>       -- ping the "LINUX ROUTER" @ 192.168.1.25
>       -- ping the "ATT MODEM" @ 192.168.1.254
>       -- access the 'Web User Interface' on the "ATT MODEM" in a browser
> 
> To get from the DESKTOP to the ATTMODEM I _think_ I need some route in the 
> /routes file. At least.  But I don't understand what & where to set it.
>

Do you have 'IP_FORWARDING' enabled (see shorewall.conf)?
Do you allow that traffic from your desktop to your modem?

In other words, is everything working if Shorewall is 'clear'ed.

-- 
Matt Darfeuille <m...@shorewall.org>
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