On 9/22/06, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Greetings; We have a machine that has two nics in it, one with an outside, world visible internet address, and one with an address in the 192.168.xx.xx range. What we seem to be missing is a way to have requests for service generate the reply on the same nic it came in on, as its currently settup with just one gateway address, the replies are all going back out on the local address. We effectively need each nic to operate in its own domain, but with the machine servers visible to both nics? Can this be done? URL's to tutorials? Thanks in advance. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Hi Gene Heskett! Sounds like the machine is a server? Web, mail, that sort of thing? As well, it is the supplier of internet to a local LAN (subnet 192.168.X.X). You probably want Network Address Translation (NAT). But yes, a basic understanding of Networking is beyond a single e-mail typed by me at 4:36 a.m. # The first two under "4.4.1. General" are probably a good place to start, you should also see "Masquerading-Simple-HOWTO" (uses NAT). http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/networking.html # Shows most of the networking commands http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialNetworking.html # On the page do a search for "The Linux Network Administrator's Guide" - 505 pages in the PDF version - very comprehensive. http://tldp.org/guides.html Two topics stick in my mind as I think about what you are trying to do. One is security - you will need to understand how to manage a firewall. The second is a possible need to set up a Dynamic Host Control Protocol server for those on the local subnet. Have Fun! Tod
