Re: [LI] ip-chains... - networking...

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 05:27:13PM +0530, ChenthilWhelan wrote:
> 
> The linux machine has 4 NIC and each is connected to a hub. The NIC
> have ip numbers as 
> 
> eth0    192.168.1.1/24
> eth1    192.168.2.1/24
> eth2    192.168.3.1/24
> eth3    192.168.4.1/24
> 
> What sort ip-chain / ip-forwarding must be done to make the linux
> machine as a switch.  I have a switch also. But i want to test this
> setup. All the clients are windows. Broadcasting problem makes the
> network slow.

If you're not doing any masquerading, it should be as simple as
putting FORWARD_IPV4=yes in your /etc/sysconfig/network. You may
want to check the docs though for a definitive answer.

	-Arun

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