Re: Networking Help Please

[Andre Cameron <andrec a axxs net>]

Exactly how do I turn IP forwarding on?

On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, Andre Cameron wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have set up a small home network and I need a little help;)  I have my
> > RH7.1 box with two NIC's a 3Com connected to my cable modem with DHCP
> > enabled (This works fine) and a D-Link connected to my hub and it is
> > assigned the IP 192.168.1.0 and netmask
> > of 255.255.255.0.  So this is all configured properly and works good no
> > errors.  How do configure my Packet forwarding so my windows machine also
> > connected to the hub goes threw my linux box and out to the net?  IE my
> > Linux box acts as a server and a router.  Any one?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Andre
> >
> One big problem I can see right off the bat is your IP address.  You
> should not be using 192.168.1.0 with a netmask of 255.255.255.0.
> 192.168.1.0 is you network address, and should not be used for specific
> machine!  Try using 192.168.1.1 instead, and set that as your gateway
> for your Windows machines.
> 
> After you take care of that, you will probably want to read the
> IP-Masquerade-HOWTO.  You have to set up firewall rules to have your
> Linux box masquerade the connections between the Windows machines, and
> the Internet.  You also need to turn on IP forwarding on the Linux
> machine.
> 
> Mikkel
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