On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 09:45:03PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I understand that there are certain .deb-s that : > 1) make your Linux box a router (I want him\her to at least identify on being > ping-ed > by others on the network , and accept telnet and ftp connections) . ...
First off, as far as Debian goes these are 4 different tasks, which you can install or remove separately. A. Being a router, i.e. a machine that plugs into two networks (one of which may be a modem) and lets network data flow through from one to the other. This is built in to the very Linux kernel itself, it is simply a matter of turning it on with the following one-line command (after everything else is set up...): echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward B. Using Linux to make machines on your network access the Internet as if they were just a single machine. This is called IP-Masquerading and is also part of the Linux kernel itself, but you net the ipchains tool to configure it. Search www.linux.org for Masquerading for some excellent tutorials. C. Being a server answering things like ftp, telnet or http (web server) Each of these is a separate .deb, and for some you have more than one choice e.g. telnetd-ssl.deb wu-ftpd.deb apache-ssl.deb dhcp*.deb etc. Most of these are listed in dselect under the category "net", there is a lot to choose from and you definitely don't want everything. D. Telling other machines that your machine is a server or router etc. This typically means running a DHCP server (on Debian or elsewhere) pointing to a DNS server (on Debian or elsewhere) pointing to the Debian machine. -- This message is hastily written, please ignore any unpleasant wordings, do not consider it a binding commitment, even if its phrasing may indicate so. Its contents may be deliberately or accidentally untrue. Trademarks and other things belong to their owners, if any.
