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<TITLE>Red Hat Linux 6.X as an Internet Gateway for a Home Network: Introduction</TITLE>
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<H2><A NAME="s1">1. Introduction</A> </H2>
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<P>This page contains a simple cookbook for setting up Red Hat 6.X as an internet
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gateway for a home network or small office network. The instructions are very
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simplified: no special cases will be discussed, and some assumptions will be
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made about which network addresses are to be used. The most important assumptions
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are:
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<LI>You have a fulltime Cable or ADSL connection to the Internet. </LI>
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<LI>You can successfully install
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<A HREF="http://www.redhat.com">Red Hat 6.X</A> on at least one of your computers. Note that
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these directions are also valid for Red Hat derivatives, such as
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<A HREF="http://www.linux-mandrake.com">Mandrake 6.X</A> which is
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distributed by MacMillan Publishing under a variety of labels. </LI>
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<LI>Your Linux computer has two network cards installed in it and both are
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compatible with Linux. </LI>
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<LI>You have an ethernet hub if you are networking more than one computer or
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a cross-over cable if you are only networking one computer. </LI>
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<LI>You know how to edit text files on your Linux machine. </LI>
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<LI>You can log into your machine as <CODE>root</CODE>. You know how to install RPM packages
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from your Linux CDROM. </LI>
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</UL>
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<P>If you do not meet any of these assumptions, then this document probably
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isn't for you.
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<P>There is nothing special that you have to do during the installation process.
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Simply choose an installation which makes sense for you and go for it. This
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document gives directions on installing everything to do with networking from
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scratch, to avoid making any assumptions about what was installed or configured
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during installation. To ensure that things work and there is no confusion about
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what information goes where, all the configuration will be done by directly
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editing the system configuration files rather than using the GUI configuration
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tools provided with Red Hat. On the one hand, this might be a little harder
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than it has to be; on the other hand, your knowledge will be a good deal more
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transferable to different distributions and situations (like, what if X doesn't
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work, or you are setting up a headless server).
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.1">1.1 Versions</A>
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</H2>
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<P>The latest version of this document should always be available at
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<A HREF="http://www.coastnet.com/~pramsey/linux/homenet.html">http://www.coastnet.com/~pramsey/linux/homenet.html</A> for
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the HTML version and
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<A HREF="http://www.coastnet.com/~pramsey/linux/homenet.sgml">http://www.coastnet.com/~pramsey/linux/homenet.sgml</A> for the SGML version.
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<P>
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<LI>December 21, 1999 : First version.</LI>
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<LI>January 2, 2000 : Incorporated suggestions from John Mellor on outside
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networking quirks.</LI>
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<LI>January 22, 2000 : Minor update about identical network cards and info
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on IP aliasing from Chris Lea.</LI>
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<LI>March 16, 2000 : Some information on name server security and on supporting
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Caldera from Nelson Gibbs.</LI>
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<LI>June 22, 1000 : Red Hat 6.2 configuration quirk documented. More PPPoE
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info from Kerr First.</LI>
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</UL>
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<H2><A NAME="ss1.2">1.2 Copyright</A>
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</H2>
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<P>Copyright <20> 2000, Paul Ramsey.
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<P>This manual may be reproduced in whole or in part, without fee, subject
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to the following restrictions:
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complete on all complete or partial copies.</LI>
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<LI>Any translation or derived work must be approved by the author in writing
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before distribution. </LI>
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<LI>If you distribute this work in part, instructions for obtaining the complete
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version of this manual must be included, and a means for obtaining a complete
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version provided. </LI>
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<LI>Small portions may be reproduced as illustrations for reviews or quotes
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in other works without this permission notice if proper citation is given.
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</LI>
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<P>Exceptions to these rules may be granted for academic purposes: Write to
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the author and ask. These restrictions are here to protect us as authors, not
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to restrict you as learners and educators.
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