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...

:)

Did you look into FreeSwan for the IPsec thingy?

>
> -----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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Keith Mastin
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Toronto, Canada
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