ipforwarding ???
 

winxp1 ------- Linux REDHAT 9 ------- winxp2
serial ------- serial cable (ttyS0) ------- ethernet adapter
1.1.1.2 ------- 1.1.1.1 ------- 10.20.40.188
eth0 ------- gateway is 10.20.40.1
10.20.40.82
gateway is 10.20.40.1


i need to do this:

in winxp1 ping to winxp2
how can i do that????????

how do i make an ipforwarding????

i tried with route add but i couldn't do it

thank you for your help everybody!

antonio davila

enable ip forwarding in your kernel

you did not fill in your distribution in your profile, so i can only guess your kernel version

this might help:
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward