Kenni Lund wrote: >> I have a LinkSys WRT54GL router, >> which I would like to attach to my CentOS-5.6 server, >> to set up a LAN 192.168.2.* . >> The server is attached to the internet >> through a Billion modem/router which has a single ethernet outlet. > Without any information on what the purpose of such a setup would be, > it's close to impossible to give you any recommendations. Is it > because you want to use your CentOS system as a firewall? a router? a > HTTP proxy? a network sniffer? I don't actually think my motives are relevant. In case I didn't described the situation clearly, my CentOS server is connected to an ADSL modem by ethernet (eth0). The modem's IP address is 192.168.1.254 . I have a second NIC on my server (eth1) and I want to attach my LinkSys router to this by ethernet, to work effectively as an access point (perhaps that answers your question?) on a LAN 192.168.2.* . I'd like to connect my laptop to the system with WiFi, with an address perhaps of 192.168.2.3 . The router might have the address 192.168.2.12 . > Or is it because you only have one external ethernet outlet and you > want to access the internet on your other systems, while the services > on your server still can be accessed from the outside? In the last > case, you would normally just put your server on the LAN and do > port-forwarding on your router. If it's because you want your server > to be "outside" of your LAN, a more correct approach would be to setup > a DMZ zone on your router, dedicate one of the LAN ports as DMZ port > and connect your server there. Neither of the above, if I understand you correctly. I want to connect the router as described above. The reason, roughly speaking, is that I want all data that comes into or out of my system to go through the server, where the traffic can be followed and monitored if necessary. >> I wonder if anyone has set up a system like this? > > Perhaps, perhaps not, depends on what the purpose of the system is. Do you have a LinkSys router with an IP address other than 192.168.1.1 , or even better with an address other than 192.168.1.* ? If you have, could you tell me _how_ you did it, please. I don't really care _why_ you did it. The instructions on the router only explain how to set it up (with address 192.168.1.1) attached directly to an ADSL modem. I could do that, but I don't want to ... -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland