[ale] ip route and using linux as a "real" router

[jasonday at worldnet.att.net (Jason Day)]

On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 01:12:21PM -0400, Grant Robertson wrote:
> but trying to ping x.x.72.210 (the only machine on the new network so
> far) from outside results in
> 
> Reply from x.x.67.227: Destination host unreachable.
> 
> if I ping that .210 machine from the router, it works. (with or
> without the route line.. )

Sorry if this is too obvious, but do you have a firewall on the router?
If so, have you modified the firewall rules to allow forwarding to the
new network?

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