On Sat, 16 Aug 2003 03:24:49 +0000, David Efflandt wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:45:36 GMT, Bryon Lape <brainmuffin@excite.com> wrote:
>> My LinkSys firewall router will not let RH 8 or 9 machines pass on to the
>> internet. It works fins in Win2k (with the exception of NNTP). I've
>> tried triggering the ports used, but that did nothing. I have the latest
>> firmware. What else should I try?
>
> You forgot to say which Linksys model and firmware version.
>
> Did you use DHCP for the Linux boxes or static IPs (outside of DHCP
> assigned range)? If you assign static IPs, you also need to set up a
> default route to Linksys LAN IP and nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf?
>
> You should not have any trouble accessing the internet from behind a
> broadband router. However, in some cases if using PPPoE on the router,
> you may need to set the LAN nics of Linux to no more than the mtu of the
> PPPoE connection (max mtu 1492 due to 8 byte pppoe header). But I only
> noticed that for incoming smtp mail initiated from the internet (not for
> anything initiated from LAN).

BEFRS11 with the latest firmware, but it stopped working before I
upgraded. I am using DHCP for all the machines. The Linux box gets the
correct IP address for it and the DNS. I'm not using PPPoE, so the MTU is
disabled.