[NTLUG:Discuss] can't ping outside

[al]

bobby at wrennest.com wrote:
> 
> I just set up a new router for my dsl line. On the old router I can ping
> inside addresses (192.168.1.x) and the address of the nic connected to
> the dsl. I can also ping address out in the world. Other services work
> fine (lynx, ncftp, etc).
> 
> On the new box configured with RH6.0 with both nic's enabled. I can do
> all of the above except ping addresses out in the world.
> 
> Where do I turn icmp on and off or is it something else I am missing. I
> know I never did anything on the old box to make pings work they just
> always have.

cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward 1

maybe?
aal