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Re: [afnog] Red Hat 8.0 as a router

To: Daniel Obuobi <dobuobi at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [afnog] Red Hat 8.0 as a router
From: Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:17:29 +0100
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On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 01:19:08PM -0700, Daniel Obuobi wrote:
> 2)For the NAT I want to add the following to the
> rc.local file but its look like it is not available on
> RedHat Linux 8.0:
> echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
> /sbin/ipchains -A Forward -s 192.168.0.0/24 -d
> 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ
> Which other option is available?

I think ipchains has been superceded by iptables, I lost track of how many
different firewalling implementations Linux has...

> 3)Finally I need to configure the same box as a
> router?  What is the best way. I hope my question is
> clear now.

If it forwards IP packets, then it is a router, so I'm not sure exactly what
you mean in addition to that...

Cheers,

Brian.
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References:
- Re: [afnog] Red Hat 8.0 as a router
  - From: Brian Candler <B.Candler at pobox.com>
- Re: [afnog] Red Hat 8.0 as a router
  - From: Daniel Obuobi <dobuobi at yahoo.com>
- Re: [afnog] Red Hat 8.0 as a router
  - From: Daniel Obuobi <dobuobi at yahoo.com>

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