[NTLUG:Discuss] can't ping outside

Bug Hunter bughuntr at one.ctelcom.net
Wed Jun 7 13:17:26 CDT 2000


  you have to turn on IPV4 packet forwarding in the kernel, if you are
using ipchains.

On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 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.
> 





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