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Another scenario where a Linux machine can be used as router is when you need to share your Internet connection with a private LAN. Router : Debian Wheezy 7.7 [eth0: Public IP, eth1: 10.0.0.15/24] - dev2 Client : openSUSE 13.2 [enp0s3: 10.0.0.18/24] - dev4 In addition to set up packet forwarding and the static routing table in the client as in the previous example, we need to add a few iptables rules in the router: # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE # iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT # iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -o eth0 -j ACCEPT The first command adds a rule to the POSTROUTING chain in the nat (Network Address Translation) table, indicating that the eth0 NIC should be used for outgoing packages. MASQUERADE indicates that this NIC has a dynamic IP and that before sending the package to the “ wild wild world ” of the Internet, the private source address of the packet has to be changed to that of the pub...

Reference: http://www.tecmint.com/setup-linux-as-router/ We want to route icmp (ping) packets from dev2 to dev4 and the other way around as well (note that both client machines are on different networks). The name of each NIC, along with its corresponding IPv4 address, is given inside square brackets. Our test environment is as follows: Client 1 : CentOS 7 [enp0s3: 192.168.0.17/24] - dev1 Router : Debian Wheezy 7.7 [eth0: 192.168.0.15/24, eth1: 10.0.0.15/24] - dev2 Client 2 : openSUSE 13.2 [enp0s3: 10.0.0.18/24] - dev4 Let’s view the routing table in dev1 (CentOS box): # ip route show and then modify it in order to use its enp0s3 NIC and the connection to 192.168.0.15 to access hosts in the 10.0.0.0/24 network: # ip route add 10.0.0.0/24 via 192.168.0.15 dev enp0s3 Which essentially reads, “Add a route to the 10.0.0.0/24 network through the enp0s3 network interface using 192.168.0.15 as gateway”. Route Network in Linux Likewise in dev4 (openSUSE box) to ping h...