Re: Home network with Debian
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:22:23PM -0700, JD Kitch wrote:
> I've been running Debian Potato\Progeny for some time now, with a
> single nic attached to cable modem. I'm also running an ipchains
> firewall. I have added a second nic, which I would like to connect
> the wife's windows machine to, and have my debian box do ip masq'ing
> for the windows box.
>
> I do already have the additional kernel module loading for the
> second nic, and both are recognized. Can anyone tell me how, or point
> me to a reference on doing all this the Debian way? I found a
> pretty in depth howto based on Red Hat, but apparently the systems
> are quite a bit different, and I could not make the translation.
> I'm guessing I need to make changes to the files in /etc/network,
> but I saw indications that these were setup by debian tools and
> should not be hand edited. Is there a config tool I can call to do
> these changes?
>
I believe the current installation tools will set things up at install
time, but I am not aware of any tools for reconfiguring your network.
I have a similar setup to yours and edited /etc/network/interfaces to
add the address, netmask and broadcast address for my second ethernet
card. After doing this running (as root) '/etc/init.d/networking
restart' should initialize the interfaces. For masquerading, you need
to make sure your kernel has firewall, ip firewall and ip masquerade
support included. I compiled these into the kernel instead of using
modules, but that should work as well. If you install the ipchains
package, it should set up a reasonable set of firewall rules for you.
Bob
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