you need to make your linux machine the gateway for the rest of your computers. also unless you manually assign the IPs, you'll need to enable dhcp.
Also, use the wizards to enable a firewall (iptables) to look OUT nearly everything except port 110, 25, and 80. (We're supposed to get slammed this weekend by a bunch of hackers. Don't let your machine fall victim.) BobB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Daniel Dui Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2003 11:03 AM To: redhat-list Subject: Re: RH9 home networking Thanks for your message, but the computer is already there up and running. I am asking how to configure it to share the connection with other machines. -daniel On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 16:34, James Pifer wrote: > IMHO you should use a dedicated system for sharing your internet > connection. All you need is a pretty low end desktop and you can load > any number of prebuilt products, such as Smoothwall or IPCop. There are > tons of others too. > > I use IPCop and had it installed in about 15 minutes the first time on > an old Pentium 233 with 128 meg RAM and 340 meg HD. Of course I have > some old systems at my disposal, so maybe it's an easier choice for me. > > James > > On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 11:29, Daniel Dui wrote: > > Here is my problem: > > > > I have a RH9 box with two network cards. One network card connects to a > > cable modem and the other to a hub. I would like to share the Internet > > connection with other computers in the house. > > > > I was hoping to find a "share connection" tick box somewhere in the > > network configuration options, but I could not. > > > > I had a look at various howtos, but they look much more complicated than > > they should be. All I am trying to do is set up a little home network! I > > am surprised that still there is not a simple and easy way to do a > > simple and easy thing in RH9. > > > > Can anyone provide any clue? > > > > many thanks > > > > -daniel > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
