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BroadBand Router HowTO v2.0

SynopsisDetailed How-TO on the construction and maintenance of a basic Linux powered Router, utilizing IPchains for NAT, and DHCP for the inside network. Advanced topics cover the use of DHCP and DNS to assign local network names to computers.

Table of Contents

  • 1.Preface
  • 2.Getting Started
  • 3.Software Requirements
  • 4.Inside Interface
  • 5.Outside Interface (for DSL users)
  • 6.Outside Interface (for Cablemodem or DHCP users
  • 7.Outside Interface (for Statically assigned users)
  • 8.Install PMFirewall
  • 9.Now that the router works...
  • 10.Advanced setup pt 1.(Using IPMASQADM to start outside services)
  • 11.Advanced setup pt 2.(Using DHCP to assign Hybrid IP addressess)
  • 12.Advanced setup pt 3.(Setting up BIND as a caching nameserver)
  • 13.Afterword

    Changelog:

    2/7/03 Changed the PMFIREWALL link. Sone idjit bouight out the pmfirewall.com domain name for a stupid squatter page. The real URL is http://www.pointman.org/pmfirewall.

    Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email me! firestorm(NO_spam)(at)(SATXdotRRdotCom)