On “Networking - Linux Firewall” tab of webmin add the following :
Packet Filtering (filter) table (drop-down box at top of page) :
Forwarded packets (FORWARD) section :
Rule #1:
Comment : #Forward stuff from eth0
Action: Accept
if: incoming interface = eth0
Rule #2:
Comment : #default
Action: Run Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT
if: (always)
Network Address Translation (nat) table (drop-down box at top of page) :
Packets after routing (POSTROUTING) section :
Rule #1 :
Comment : #Masquerade to ppp0
Action : Masquerade
if: Outgoing interface = ppp0
Setting up LAN machines
From then, the LAN can be set up with hard IP addresses in the 192.168.1.x range. Default Gateway = address of SpeedHouse machine (192.168.1.254), netmask of 255.255.255.0
Set the DNS address in /etc/resolv.conf on the LAN machines (connected to eth0) to the address(es) used by ppp0 (look for these in the /etc/resolv.conf on routing machine).
Switch on Forwarding
Temporary switch-on of forwarding (for testing) :
# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Permanent switch-on of forwarding, into the file /etc/sysconfig/network add the line :
FORWARD_IPV4=true Another method is to alter the Linux kernel config file: /etc/sysctl.conf. Set the following value:
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 Martin Andrews
