Chapter 1. Configuring a Router
In this chapter, we will cover:
- Setting up the physical network
- Configuring IPv4
- Configuring IPv4 permanently
- Connecting two networks
- Enabling NAT to the outside
- Setting up DHCP
- Setting up a firewall with IPtables
- Setting up port forwarding
- Adding VLAN Tagging
Introduction
This chapter introduces some of the basic networking concepts and the methods to utilize them on Linux systems. It provides us with a good base to build upon. We're going to start with two computers connected with a single network cable and work our way from there to configure a router to connect your network to the Internet.
Routers are devices that are configured to span multiple networks and forward packets between them as needed. They also perform
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