On Saturday 16 April 2005 08:59 am, edukes@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > > Still haven't figured this one out since 4-14....... > > Changed out nics, cables, switch. > > Server is now connecting to internet and all internet services are working > as far as I can tell. > > Local machines on the internal network cannot connect. Strange thing is > they can ping internal and external IP addresses. Samba services are > working. > > Network Configuration tool reports status of the nics 'OK'. > > It has been a few years since I setup this network and have not needed to > make any changes. I am on DSL. eth0 is not active at boot, eth1 is active > at boot. Is this correct? > > Network Configuration tool shows eth0 'Inactive'. Shouldn't it be active > after DSL and ppp0 start? > > Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1) Try on xterm > cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward < should return 1 2) Do you have a firewall and is IP forwarding there and properly set up. 3) Is your default route properly set? > route -n Should return something like; Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.14.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 192.168.12.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 192.168.12.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Where eth0 and 192.168.12.1 is my server 2 ( I have 3 layers of firewall ). -- John H Ludwig