On Wed, August 16, 2006 5:53 pm, kai wrote: > Chris Mauritz wrote: >> By the way, if you just want to set up a simple bridge between two >> networks, I remember reading an article in Linux Journal last year >> sometime (fires up Google....here it is): >> >> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8172 > Thank you for the link to the article, yes that's the funksion I'm > looking for. > But then, maybe a lame question, > How to set up a router that just forward packets to next hop? > > I have googled my self blue without anything. > > Yes I have 2 nic,s on the same machine and using a crossed cable, so > hooking up on each side works fine. > > I need to hook up equipment on the one side to monitor packets used, and > also I would like to use the CentOS as a router towards the wan with my > new sangoma s518 card, but if I can't route between two simple nic's I > feel stuck. > > Thanks As root, you can enable ip forwarding between interfaces by executing echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward To make it permanent, set net.ipv4.ip_forward in /etc/sysctl.conf to "1": net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 Marko