[LARTC] How to make my linux box a multi-purpose system

[LARTC] How to make my linux box a multi-purpose system

[makinde olojede]

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Please can anyone advise me if it is possible to set up my only linux box as a router, a proxy server, and a DNS server. In addition to this I want to use it to implement my bandwidth management using the qdisc? The linux machne with 2 NICs will be connected directly to my gateway Modem from my ISP from where I will distribute to the rest of the network through a hub. Also I need information that ccan help me especially to configure the Linux router, I intend to use Red Hat Linux 9.0. 
Thanks.
 
Makinde olojede


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Re: [LARTC] How to make my linux box a multi-purpose system

[Damion de Soto]

Hello Makinde,

> Please can anyone advise me if it is possible to set up my only linux 
> box as a router, a proxy server, and a DNS server.
Yes, this is fairly easy. Routing is already built-in (although RH might not turn it 
on by default), you just need to setup IP addresses, routes and perhaps a firewall or 
NAT with iptables.
Squid is a common proxy server to use, and Bind is a popular DNS server.

> In addition to this I want to use it to implement my bandwidth management
 > using the qdisc?
I'm not sure the easiest way to do this.
You need a kernel that supports the right qdiscs and QoS functionality.
Does anyone know if this is standard with Red Hat 9.0 ?
and then you also need the user-space applications - I would assume there is an RPM 
for these, or some other binary to download.

 > Also I need information that ccan help me especially to
> configure the Linux router, I intend to use Red Hat Linux 9.0.
There is a lot of information about this - most linux computers are used in similar ways.
just use google.

Regards

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