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

[J.C. Jones]

Robert

Thanks. I have my test setup on the workbench. I will read through this 
and give it a go.

jcj

Robert Dale wrote:

> 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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