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.
Thanks everyone
