Re: Create a networkbridge in RH9

From: Fred Mulharin (fmulharin_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 01:47:44 GMT

Ivan Marsh wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 16:41:22 +0000, Yannick wrote:
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>>Op Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:09:43 -0600, schreef Ivan Marsh:
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>>>Pardon my terminology lesson but...
>>>
>>>That's not a bridge. A bridge connects two sections of a network
>>>segment at a MAC address level.
>>>
>>>Your looking for a router running network address translation (NAT).
>>>This can be done with iptables (which is part of the OS).
>>
>>Yes that's what i need. Sorry for my therinology but i'm not that good
>>with it. Can you also explain me how i can do that?
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> Take a look at this:
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> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-3-Manual/security-guide/s1-firewall-ipt-fwd.html
>
You can try "gShield" "http://muse.linuxmafia.org/gshield/", an iptables
firewall. It is very easy to setup, and easy to customize.

Fred