Re: Gateway/Router for WIN machines
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Gerald V. Livingston lI wrote:
> My questions since I'll have to hel. Will I need a router at BOTH
> ends of the link? Can I set up the linux boxes to route for the whole
> network (at each location) to the internet if desired?
You could create a "virtual private network" using ip-tunneling where you
have a linux router at each subnet (house) that dials their internet
provider. You then have the machines on a private subnet (192.168.x.x)
and you tunnel connection to the other routers over the net.
Another way is direct dialup but that requires two phone lines for each
node.
192.168.0.0/24-------------(xxx.xxx.xxx.004)-------->to internet
192.168.1.0/24-------------(xxx.xxx.xxx.005)-------->to internet
Now, to get from machine .0.x to .1.x you use a tunnel route with mrouted.
You tell the .004 router that all packtes destined for .1.0 need to be
encapsulated and sent to the .005 router where the outer layer is stripped
off and the packet is sent on to its local subnet.
I would suggest mrouted and gated. Reading up on such subjets as ipip and
IP-Tunneling would be helpful. You will need to build kernels with IP
tunneling support. There is not a lot of documentation available,
particularly with mrouted.
mrouted is designed primarilly for multicasting but handles tunnels too.
What you are looking to do is a major project, really, but doable if you
have the time.
>
> And last, what, other than the NAG, should I get my hands on as far
> as documentation is concerned to set up a linux box to be nothing
> other than a network gateway/router for a bunch of WinDoze boxes. I've
> never done it so I need as much of a "step-by-step as is available.
www.gated.org and look up things dealing with mbone and see of you can
find the an mrouted that works on your system.
George Bonser
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