Re: how to make a computer to function as a router

2006-02-07 Thread Paul Lussier
Neil Joseph Schelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The way to do this is with IPTables s/The/One/ Technically, if all you want to do is turn a system into a router, then IPTables is NOT what you want, but rather, something like routed. IPTables is technically a sw firewall, which happens to pass

Re: how to make a computer to function as a router

2006-02-07 Thread Ben Scott
On 2/7/06, Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Technically, if all you want to do is turn a system into a router, then IPTables is NOT what you want, but rather, something like routed. Well, *technically*, what routed does is implement various dynamic routing protocols. You don't *need*

how to make a computer to function as a router

2006-02-06 Thread Zhao Peng
Hi, all linux experts:I have 2 computers (A B)A:a desktop (running Fedora Core 4), has 2 ethernet cards. (When I installed Fedora Core 4 on A, I chose server among 4 installation types, and I chose DHCP for both ethernet cards.) One card is connected to a Motorala cable modem via a Cat5 cable.

Re: how to make a computer to function as a router

2006-02-06 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
The way to do this is with IPTables, the linux firewall facilities, on Machine A. If you're unfamiliar with how to configure that, I would suggest installing firestarter on the FC4 machine and that will have an option to use IPTales, Masquerading (NAT) to allow the second machine out into the

Re: how to make a computer to function as a router

2006-02-06 Thread Python
On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 09:50 -0500, Zhao Peng wrote: I heard that it's possible to make A a router, so that I connect B to A via a Cat5 cable (not interested in wireless), and then both A and B can get online at the same time I think you'll find it simpler to get an inexpensive ethernet router