[TriLUG] Routing/router questions from a network wannabe :-)

[Robert Dale]

On 3/9/07, J.C. Jones <jonesjc at intrex.net> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a Verizon Broadband card ( EVDO ) that works great with Ubuntu,
> Red Hat 9.0, and Fedora Core 5 on my laptop. I would like to create a
> system within my laptop that would hook to the internet through the EVDO
> card ( in the pc/pcmcia card slot on my laptop ) and use a usb- ethernet
> adapter to provide a internet connection to other users within a small
> network.
>
> Since these are two different networks (usb-ethernet is 192.168.x.x.
> where EVDO is dynamically assigned IP address from verizon ) and
> different types of adapters ( usb-ethernet is eth0 and the EVDO card is
> ppp0 ) ,  I don't know how to pass traffice from one adapter to the other.
>
> Can someone point me to a plain and SIMPLE instruction set or howto that
> would enlighten me on  what to do?? I am not sure whether I should be
> working with the route tables, iptables, a combination of the two --- Or
> something totally different.
>
> I would prefer using Fedora Core 5 for this project, but if it is easier
> to accomplish with something different, I am game.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/firewall-examples.html#RC.FIREWALL-IPTABLES

That should get you started.

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Robert Dale