Comments on: how to share a internet from linux server to windows work group

By: petkoa

petkoa — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:29:46 +0000

Whatever your distribution

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

will activate your routing. Inserting (or uncommenting) line

net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0

into /etc/sysctl.conf will make the change persistent in almost any distribution

Good luck, and don’t forget the last sentence of Alessandro – about firewall, DMZ and proxy…

By: tomliotta

tomliotta — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:08:50 +0000

...you are telling me that you can use a linux computer as a router? Various routers have used Linux. My old Linksys WRT54G wireless router uses Linux. Quite a few handy utilities can make this an interesting, inexpensive platform for experimentation and learning. Tom

By: drewloanonline5

drewloanonline5 — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:47:00 +0000

I sorry to intrude on your question but you are telling me that you can use a linux computer as a router? So lets say you go to a website that has a viris on it the linux computer will pick it up and stop it? And if I chose to I can change the ip of the computers? If so Thats great cause thats what I am looking for at work.