Re: [LARTC] Linux router configuration??

[Raghuveer <rvk@gsecone.com>]

Ryan Johnson wrote:

>I am going to assume you want the most basic router, just two interfaces.
>
>1.) Make sure both network cards have been detected.
>ifconfig eth0
>ifconfig eth1
>
Can I have both the network cards in the same n/w...? Becoz If I try to 
use both NIC's with the same n/w, running <$ route -n> we can see either 
eth1 or eth0 repeated twice. Pls let me know where is the problem..?

Regards
-Raghu

>2.) Set up each interface on its own network, make sure the interface has been activated, you can use ifconfig for this.
>3.) issue the command
>echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>to enable ip fowarding, w/o this the kernel will not send packets between interfaces
>4.) set the clients behind the router to point to the internal ip of your router
>
>Any changes made to the system will have to be initialized during the boot process.
>
>Of course if you have ip addresses that you would like to nat/masq behind the router, you will have to use iptables.
>
>You really should be more specific on your needs.
>
>Good luck.
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>>Good morning at all, thanks for previous help, but I have another ask. I have a few experience of Linux world's, and I need to configure a Linux PC as router, what are the steps? What do I do?
>>Thanks.
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