On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 10:23:54 -0500, "Mikkel L. Ellertson" <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 14:44:29 +0800, > > LC <listfedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Thanks. This box is a samba machine. I want to allow local users and remote > >> users to access it. I have 2 NIC on this box. eth0 is on a public > >> IP(12.73.1.5) and eth1 is on the local IP(192.168.1.5). But how do i set > >> the gateway? Can i specify the public gateway for eth0(12.73.1.1) and the > >> gateway for eth1 (192.168.1.1) and as for the gateway in > >> /etc/sysconfig/network i will remove it. Will this work? > > > > The gateway (default route) should be on the nic that faces the internet. > > It should be whatever is appropiate for the network connection through > > your ISP. > > There is no gateway associated with your nic facing your internal network. > > Both nics should have an appropiate netmask describing the ip addresses > > that have direct links to them. > > > Gateway and default route are NOT the same thing. The default route You are correct. > uses a gateway, but you can also have a gateway to a specific > network. For example, you can have a network 192.168.6.0 that is This is very rare though and unlikely to be what he wanted to do. Still I should be more precise when giving advice and it is good that you corrected me.
