linux net sharing

[warlord]

I'm looking for an old thread that should have been archived by now, but for the life of me I can't find it. it was call "Here's how to build a linux net sharing box!!!!!!!!"

I have searched and searched, so if someone could link it, I'd appriciate it.

 

[jhu]

i have one setup. it's a 486 w/ 16mb ram and 2 ethernet cards (no hd connected). it's running a distribution from the linux router project..

 

[warlord]

I was thinking about trying that too, but I wanted to learn more about linux. I have a box built and I remembered reading this thread, and I bookmarked it, but then it was archived, so I haven't been able to find it. thanks for the idea though.

 

[warlord]

man, after all the searching I've done, I found it. the weird thing is I know I tried the search this way before, but something must have been different cause I found it. 🙂

 

[BCYL]

I copied and pasted the instructions when I saw that thread, and saved it into a text file...

Here you go:
1. Install redhat linux 6.2, xwindows not necessary.

2. Configure your two nics. One nic should be for your LAN, one for the cable modem/DSL. Type "linuxconf" to do this.

3. Append the following 3 lines to the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file
ipchains -P forward DENY
ipchains -A forward -i eth0(or whatever your modem interface is called) -j MASQ
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

4. type "/etc/rc.d/rc.local"

5. that's it! have fun sharing your connection off a linux box. should be pretty secure since no requests into the lan will be accepted. if you want a webserver inside the LAN , you will need ipmasqadm. Go to www.linux.org for more info on this.

Hope this helps!