On 09/01/05 18:04 +0530, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Hello, > I would like to know what are the things needed to convert a > machine running linux to a router. I know that the machine
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 and two network interfaces on different networks. > 1) needs atleast 2 network cards > 2) Obviously the filtering has to be done using iptables / ipchains Filtering? > 3) do we need a monitor here ? If we don't have a monitor, how do you > do systems admin... from another machine using ssh or telnet ? ssh. > What other things do we need to convert the linux machine into a > router ? And how does it fare w.r.t hardware routers like those of > cisco and juniper, dlink etc? Cisco/Juniper, etc do not have moving parts. You would need to put Linux on CF to achieve that goal. Hardware routers on the higher end side use ASICs to move packets. They do not use a PCI bus, AFAIK, and hence can move packets faster. For lower end requirements, Linux works just fine. You may even be able to do some variety of dynamic routing with Quagga. However, for anything other than a simple ethernet feed, you need expensive hardware. The hardware router vendors pretty much support their cards by default. You would have issues getting drivers for most cards (I know of E1 cards being available with Linux support, but not anything better). Devdas Bhagat ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
