[CentOS] How can i share my WAN ip to my LAN?

John Bowden j-alan at btconnect.com
Tue Jan 22 22:46:58 UTC 2008


On Tuesday 22 January 2008 14:52:19 Alain Spineux wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2008 3:17 PM, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 14:49 +0100, Alain Spineux wrote:
> > > On Jan 22, 2008 8:46 AM, Tolun ARDAHANLI <tolun.ardahanli at linux.org.tr> 
wrote:
> > > > Hi everybody...
> > > >
> > > > How can I share my WAN ip to my LAN? How can I do that I really dont
> > > > know...:( I am using linux long time ago but this kind I would like
> > > > to do newly...
> > >
> > > Buy a small router/modem, ask your ISP for suggestions.
> > > This is cheap (<100$), no need to keep your computer always turned on,
> > > very easy to configure
> > > if you nead more features (port forwarding for skype, games, p2p,
> > > ....), have some builtint feature (dhcp, DNS proxy). Also think about
> > > wireless ...... This is probably more secure, not because centos/linux
> > > is not, but because you dont know what you are doing.
> > >
> > > Of course this is less fun
> >
> > Well, I wasn't going to suggest, but since the topic of alternatives is
> > open...
> >
> :-)
>
> Of course the main idea is to avoid to have a non firewall dedicated
> linux (like centos is) configured by
> someone without to much network knowledge be in front of Internet.
>
> > If you have an older available computer laying around, check out IPCop
> >
> >     http://www.ipcop.org/
> >
> > free, has lots of features, runs reliably, I've been on it for years, as
> > have others on this list. Biggest gripe I have is docs could be a little
> > better - they tend to not get updated to stay up with the software.
> >
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > > Can anybody help me about IP sharing in Centos?
> > > >
> > > > thanks alot...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Tolun ARDAHANLI
> > > > Bilgisayar Muhendisi
> > > > E-posta:tolun.ardahanli at linux.org.tr
> > > > Icq:326600
> > > >
> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > >-------
> > > >
> > > > Tolun ARDAHANLI
> > > > Computer Engineer
> > > > E-mail:tolun.ardahanli at linux.org.tr
> > > > Icq:326600
> > > ><snip sig stuff>
> >
> > HTH
> > --
> > Bill
> >
> >
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Have a look at Smoothwall. Once its set up just keep an eye on the updates, 
via a web browser.
www.smoothwall.org  or .com if you want to put your hand inn your pocket.

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