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Thanks for the good answer, but I think you slipped quite easy over the part where you set up Linux as a router. Maybe I misunderstood your answer; but is it really enough just to at IP forwarding in the Linux kernel?<br />
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Bye, hope I expressed myself clear enough!<br />

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Thanks for the good answer, but I think you slipped quite easy over the part where you set up Linux as a router. Maybe I misunderstood your answer; but is it really enough just to at IP forwarding in the Linux kernel?

Bye, hope I expressed myself clear enough!


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Yep, the routing is the easy bit. Basically, you just do make menuconfig, add in IP forwarding, and that should be pretty much it. You will need to set up the kernel routing table, but if the Linux box is itself connecting with PPP, then the defaultroute option to pppd will sort this out, if your Internet connection from the Linux box goes over ethernet, you should have a default gateway sorted out already. Basically, if the Linux box already has working Internet access, all you need is a kernel recompile, and it just works.<br />
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Of course, if you want to use dynamic routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF or BGP it gets a lot worse, but I very much doubt that you need this level of functionality. <br />

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Yep, the routing is the easy bit. Basically, you just do make menuconfig, add in IP forwarding, and that should be pretty much it. You will need to set up the kernel routing table, but if the Linux box is itself connecting with PPP, then the defaultroute option to pppd will sort this out, if your Internet connection from the Linux box goes over ethernet, you should have a default gateway sorted out already. Basically, if the Linux box already has working Internet access, all you need is a kernel recompile, and it just works.

Of course, if you want to use dynamic routing protocols, such as RIP, OSPF or BGP it gets a lot worse, but I very much doubt that you need this level of functionality.


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how do i configure my linux box as a dial up internet server, and then be able to use my win95 client to surf on the net?
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how do i configure my linux box as a dial up internet server, and then be able to use my win95 client to surf on the net?

linux as server with internet and a win95 client

The variety of Linux distributions creates myriad issues relating to configuration and operations when computers are networked, not the least of which is the use of various network management applications, some of which are included with specific distributions, while others are standalone applications.