Some help with broadcasts through a Linux system

[Richard Sharpe]

Hi,

I am having problems getting broadcasts through a Linux system. 

Here is the config:

     172.30.0.0/24               16.153.112.0/24
     ----------------[Linux Box]------------------

I have it set up with ip_forward=1.

However, when I ping 16.153.112.255 from 172.30.0.120, 172.30.0.1 responds,
and I see nothing on the 16.153.112.0/24 subnet.

The linux box is running a 2.0.36 kernel.

It seems that Linux feels that it should not have to forward the broadcast
datagrams.

Does anyone have any clues?

Regards
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Richard Sharpe, sharpe at ns.aus.com, NIC-Handle:RJS96
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