[NTLUG:Discuss] Need Network Configuration Advice.

[Bob Byron]

I am new to linux network administration and need some help.  I need to
setup a network local network that has access to the internet.
I have a linux system that I can use as a router.  The system
has two ethernet cards in it, so I can use it as a bridge.

Internet ===|eth0 -- LINUX SYSTEM -- eth1|=== local network

Questions:
1) Is the best/most secure way to setup this type of system to 
have the linux system sit between the Internet and the local
network?

2) I am using 2 ethernet cards, is that best, or is one card as
secure?

3) How do I bridge eth0 with eth1?  (I am using Redhat 6.1.  I 
have been able to ping from eth0 to the internet and eth1
to the local network, but I have not been able to ping the 
internet from my local network.  I assume there is some kind
of bridge that I need to enable.)

Bob Byron
RAD Systems, Inc.
www.radit.com
(972)516-4256