Linux router configuration

neonate · 03-06-2011, 10:44 PM

hi,im ramesh

i would like know how to configure the linux as a router?

KinnowGrower · 03-06-2011, 10:54 PM

If it is Redhat/Fedora/Centos

Open the file /etc/sysctl.conf and change the value of net.ip_forwarding peramteres to 1 from 0. It will looks like given below

Ip_forward = 1

Run the following command to make changes in kernel for IP farwarding

#sysctl –p

If you want more from router like, to access internet, you have to setup it as NAT. I did it and explained it on my blog. Please visit

http://varinderjhand.wordpress.com/2...ated-firewall/

Astarath · 03-07-2011, 08:51 PM

you only have to use NAT if you don't have a publically routable subnet on one side of your router, and it isn't inside a private network.

To give a meaningful answer to your question, OP, I'd need a more specific question.