> On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 10:31:37PM +0300, Ivan Ivanov wrote: >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I set up a small home LAN and subscribed to a local ISP. I >> dedicated >> one of the machines in my LAN to behave as a router and it >> provides >> the other machines with Internet. I did it with the following >> commands: >> iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j MASQUERADE >> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward >> >> Now I want when I boot the router these two commands to be >> executed >> during boot-time. Where is the most suitable place to add them? >> >> Thank you for your advice in advance. >> >> Regards >> Ivan > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > It's the last thing done during boot. > > There are also some dedicated firewall distros out there, if you > have > completely dedicated the machine to being a router. Save the firewall config with iptables-save and then set iptables to start at boot time with chkconfig (see man for details). That will put the firewall up at the right time. Alex > > Patrick > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by Avantel Systems, and is > believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Avantel Systems, and is believed to be clean.
