Okay, let me take a DEEEEP breath... <inhales>


This is a router/firewall with 7 interfaces - it needs to do quite a bit... smile.gif

SWITCH(Cable Modem Network) -->eth0 --firewall-- eth6 --> cable modem(bridge)
SWITCH(DSL Modem Network) -->eth1 --firewall-- eth5 --> DSL Modem(bridge)
SWITCH(PXEBoot Network) -->eth2 --firewall
CORP. Network -->eth3 --firewall
WIFI AP -->eth4 --firewall-- eth5 --> DSL Modem (previously mentioned)

Here's the problem. The networks that need to access the net through their corresponding devices need to do so, while at the same time allowing people from the large corporate network (multi subnet, routed, very complex) to access the firewall box.. for other reasons.

The problem is, it seems that each device wants to have only 1 default gateway assigned for them in order to route packets appropriately for their network... So, how do I get all of this working at the same time.

I need:

CM users -->firewall--> CM
CM users --> Firewall
DSL users -->firewall--> DSL
DSL users --> Firewall
WIFI users -->firewall-->DSL
WIFI users -->firewall
Corp Network Users --> Firewall
PXE Users --> Firewall

No matter what combination of gateways I use, nothing seems to work.. they just don't play nice with each other.

The OS is Gentoo 2004.2, and the kernel is 2.4.27.. newest iptables, shorewall 2.0.x, etc.

Any ideas?

--Micah

I must say I don't understand where's the problem exactly. Yes, you can assign only one default gateway. But I can see no connection with the scenario above. Do you mean the firewall box is default gateway for some machines?

micaheli, your setup and what you're asking is not very clear, although very interesting...

i'm sure if you clear things up you will start to get some good input...