Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Daniel Pielmeier <daniel.pielmeier@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up a home router
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:52:06
Message-Id: 6142e6140701150245k4d8d20edncfdd49fc7613c063@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up a home router by Hans-Werner Hilse
1 > > route
2 > >
3 > > Kernel IP routing table
4 > > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
5 > > dslb-088-067-01 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
6 > > localhost * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
7 > > loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
8 > > default dslb-088-067-01 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0
9 >
10 > Looking at this, I wouldn't even expect it to work at all, since the
11 > only route via eth0 is for "localhost". But since you can connect
12 > between router and desktop, I think you borked your /etc/hosts.
13 > "localhost" clearly doesn't seem to be assigned to 127.0.0.1. So fix
14 > your hostnames!
15 >
16 >
17 > This here:
18 >
19 > > /etc/hosts
20 > >
21 > > 127.0.0.1 localhost
22 > > 192.168.0.1 gentoo-vdr.linux gentoo-vdr
23 > > 192.168.0.2 gentoo.linux gentoo
24 > > ::1 localhost
25
26 I think localhost is assigned to 127.0.0.1, or did i misunderstood something?
27
28 > just can't be true if the routes above are the complete routes and you
29 > can connect to your desktop from the router.
30
31 I can connect from router to desktop and back ping and ssh are
32 working, i can connect to the internet from the router, but i couldn't
33 do this from the desktop
34
35 > Another option than /etc/hosts may be a seriously broken dnsmasq config.
36
37 I will post the config when i am back.
38
39 > > > For those who are not familiar with shorewall here are the
40 > > > generated iptables on the router.
41 > >
42 > > iptables -L -t filter
43 > >
44 > > Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
45 > > target prot opt source destination
46 >
47 > Empty FORWARD chain and policy DROP means everything not going to the
48 > router itself is gonna be dropped.
49 >
50 > Note that you made yourself a hard time since there's DROP and REJECT
51 > (built-in targets) and you also reference "Drop", "drop", "Reject" and
52 > "reject" targets. I never used shorewall, but if that naming is from
53 > them, they are clearly freaks.
54
55 the whole iptables config is generated by shorewall, i recognised this
56 different namings too.
57 --
58 gentoo-user@g.o mailing list

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Setting up a home router Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de>