kgoetz@gateway:~$ sudo route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 kgoetz@gateway:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # Internal network link, not to modem #iface eth0 inet dhcp auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.254 network 192.168.1.0 # gateway 192.168.1.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 hostname "gateway" # Link to modem #iface eth1 inet dhcp auto eth1 iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.0.253 network 192.168.0.0 gateway 192.168.0.254 netmask 255.255.255.0 hostname "gateway" sudo route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw 192.168.0.253 <- makes my ssh connection (through the .1. network) drop