On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 07:48:44PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for some docs in order to configure one of my > computers as a gateway (just which file I have to configure for > the packet coming from the lan through eth1 to go to the net > through eth0) Thanks by advance fred
mostly apt-get install netbase then munge /etc/network/interfaces to reflect your connections, for example... if your debian firewall is at static (public) ip A.B.C.D and your router/gateway I.S.P.G then /etc/network/interfaces will resemble something like this: # The loopback interface iface lo inet loopback # use whichever 192.168.*.* you want... iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 iface eth1 inet static address A.B.C.D netmask 255.255.255.0 network A.B.C.0 broadcast A.B.C.255 gateway I.S.P.G (be sure you plug in the right cables to their respective ethernet ports, of course :) then have all the other computers (192.168.1.[2-254]) on your lan treat your firewall at 192.168.1.1 as their gateway. -- then, a simple apt-get install ipmasq should do most of what you need. (it also installs hooks in /etc/init.d/ipmasq so it'll also resurrect itself at next startup.) -- It is always hazardous to ask "Why?" in science, but it is often interesting to do so just the same. -- Isaac Asimov, 'The Genetic Code' [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://newbieDoc.sourceforge.net/ -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!