How to Setup openSUSE as Router

Setting up openSUSE as router is not too difficult. The setup process only needed a few step to completed, as shown in the following wizard :

Configuration :

eth0 IP Address         : 197.187.87.0/28
eth1         IP Address : 165.155.121.0/24
Gateway  : 197.187.87.1
DNS                       1 : 215.155.200.45
DNS 2 : 215.155.200.46
  1. Activating router function 
    echo 1>/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ipforward
  2. Create a routing with network as a target 
    route add -net 168.155.121.0/24 gw 165.155.121.1
  3. Create a routing table 
    iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 165.155.121.0/24 -j MASQUERADE
  4. Saving IPTables setting 
    iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables-net
  5. Make sure IPTables will be started while booting 
    vi /etc/init.d/network
  6. Add the options : 
    iptables-restore < /etc/sysconfig/iptables-net
  7. Save the configuration
  8. Check the router function by running ping command from host client into internet address

Reference (Indonesian) :

  1. Membuat Router di SUSE

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