RE: Adding an other ethernet card to my linux box SOLVED

Thanks for replying Keith. I solved the problem yesterday. I installed the
cards as usual then I did an:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

To do it permanently I edited the net.ipv4.ip_forward entry in
/etc/sysctl.conf to a value of 1

My box is routing perfectly. Now I'm concentrating on IPsec for 
this box such that it will be the gateway and endpoint for 7 vpn tunnells.

How's that for good homework Keith ;) It was a hard day yesterday until I
found that out from scratch but it was worth it. As you 
said Google has become my best friend...

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Mastin [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 19 June 2003 02:42
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Adding an other ethernet card to my linux box



> Hi gurus,
>
> I have a rather newbie query. Sorry I have never tried this before. I
> would like to configure my RH7.2 box to route between 2 interfaces. This
> will obviously mean that I have to install a new ethernet card and
> basically configure linux to install this new card and switch on routing
> between them. Can you give me any hints or starting points?

You should start with a little bit of homework, so the next set of
questions will have some meat on them. :)

Do google searches for the networking3-howto and the ethernet-howto for
starters. Then you will either be looking at ipchains or iptables for the
firewall. I'de suggest iptables, as it's the most recent and has a ton of
features not found in ipchains. Google for the netfilter-howto to get
started. There are also some little gui thingies out there to help you
configure your firewall, but I dunno anything about them (command line
user myself).

I've heard some good things about smoothwall, so it might be worth taking
a look at.

HTH,
Good luck
-- 
Keith Mastin
BeechTree Information Technology Services Inc.
Toronto, Canada
(416)696 6070



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