> Am Fr, den 27.02.2004 schrieb linux server um 06:45: >> For some reason I am having a tough time getting my linux server to act >> as a router. Can someone give me some basic instructions so that I can >> figure out what I am missing > > You should ive some information about the task the route has to perform: > - routing between two offfical standard networks > - routing from a private network (home/office) with adress translation > - what type of networks (ethernet - ethernet / cable - ethernet / ...) > - firewall requirements > > As a first information you may study > http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howto/2.4routing.html > > Peter for just having basic routing functions, check in /proc/sys/net/ipv4 whether your ip_forward is set to 1. if no, do echo 1 > ip_forward and your fedora box should immediately handle as a router. check with /sbin/route, whether your routes to your other networks are set clearly, specially the default gateway. as mentionned above, this does just routing between 2 tcp/ip-networks, no masquerading/NAT and other security issues. To configure this out easily and quickly i could recommend firestarter. HTH Roger
