Iptables/Forwarding Problem

[Matthew Carpenter]

what does "cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" give you?  If it's a 0 then you need to turn on IP Forwarding.
(this can be done temporarily by typing "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward")

On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 08:48:43 -0500
kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
> First of all. I am a linux novice. That said. All of a sudden my home network no longer forwards request to the internet.
> 
> I am using SuSE 8.0 in a box as a gateway. I have a cable modem connection
> with a hub/switch. I have eth0 as external and eth1 as internal
> I have iptables setup according to a sxs from 7.x and confirmed through 
> the yast setup for SuSE. All was working fine until this am. I can execute nslookup and dig, but if I execute "ping yahoo.com"  - nothing. 
> I cannot get to the net from any browser. I am sending this via a dialup.
> dmesg shows eth0 - no IPv6 routers present.
>             eth1 - no IPv6 routers present.
> 
> iptables -L -n output is attached.
> 
> I can navigate my homenet just fine.  ANy ideas?  I will not be able to
> get back to this computer (home) until tonight, but would appreciate any
> ideas. I will be at it for the next 25 minutes.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Keith B.
> 


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