Linux Routing?!?

[VBMan]

I have a RedHat 7 Server which i want to be a router. I want to be able to "share" a internet connection between this computer and my OpenBSD workstation. Any sugestions on a better methiod than what I'm proposing would be appreasated.


~Ben

P.S
I already tryed a Proxy (they suck!)

 

[abovebrd]

What type of internet access ??

-Danny

 

[dnkp]

I use squid and it works great! Also ip masquerading is popular but I haven't much success with that. Squid is a caching proxy so it will cache frequently accessed pages on the server for quicker access. Really great when you have multiple computers sharing one DSL/Cable connection.

Check it out here:

http://www.squid-cache.org/

 

[VBMan]

i have a 56k ppp connection. I like squid and am using it now but if i'm on my BSD workstation i would like to be able to use FTP and TELNET.

~Ben

 

[Guest_imported]

well. to use ip_masq you can use this.. create a file and call it somthing like rc.share put it in your /etc/rc.d directory..

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

insmod ip_masq_autofw
insmod ip_masq_ftp
insmod ip_masq_portw

/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j MASQ


that should work.. replace the 10.0.0.0 with what ever subnet you might use.. i.e the 192.168.0.0 or what ever.
make sure you enable ip_masq and all that good stuff in your kernel.. and set your gateways to that box's internal ip address.. i.e my router is 10.0.0.1 and make sure your mask is correct.. i.e mine is 255.0.0.0 and for all your box's just pick a ip 10.0.0.2-255 for all the other machines.. and it should work.