On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 02:31, Russell Shaw wrote: > > At the moment I've a RH firewall/router. It's quite unstable, so I would > > like to installa Debian as a firewall and router instead of RH. > > > > I need the box act as a firwall/router (I belive it's called > > masquarading) and enabled port forwarding. Is there any easy to go > > guides for this? > > Get your local network cards set up and network working. > apt-get install iptables > apt-get install ipmasq > > If you want it to connect to dial-up isp, then > apt-get install pppconfig > > You may need to reboot to get all the scripts to run right. > > Once pppconfig is set up, the pc can masquerade for other > PCs connected to its network cards.
Hi Paul and Russel, Thanks very much for the quick response. Perhaps I should mention that I'm a bit familiar with Debian. My primary desktop is a Debian, so installation should not be a problem. It's a standard ethernet connection (ADSL), so I don't think it will be nessacery with a ppp configuartion. The pc has 2 3Coms netcards. A couple of extra questions. 1. will the masquerade work automaticaly? 2. to which files do I write to port forwarding rules? Thanks Allan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]