Re: routing question

[Anand Buddhdev <arb anand org>]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 05:59:59AM +0100, Greg Conway wrote:

Of course you can use linux as a router. What you must think about is how
you provide internet access to the LAN via your linux box. You must have
some way of connecting to the Internet - one way is to attach a modem to
the linux box, and do a dial-up. If instead you want to make a dedicated
connection, then you need to investigate the use of add-on cards in your
linux box that can do ISDN, frame-relay, HDLC, and so on. come back to us if
you need more advice there.

> Hi all,
> 
> I have what may be a silly question but if you don't ask you don't get....!!
> 
> Is it possible to use a Linux box as a router for a network of (windows)
> PC's?
> 
> ie point all the clients at the linux box as their default gateway,
> providing Internet access for a LAN via one machine rather than a seperate
> hardware router?
> 
> I'm not entirely sure why I think this should be possible, it just seems
> that Linux has the same kind of IP tabling and therefore should be capable
> of it!!
> 
> Hmmmm, the more I think about it.... NT provides a routing and remote access
> service, so surely it must have copied it from Unix somewhere along the
> line??!!
> 
> Thanks again for any help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Greg.
> 
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