Simple Solution: On your RedHat 7.x, Edit /etc/sysctl.conf to match the following lines, and your gateway will be functional. # Disables packet forwarding net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 # Enables source route verification net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 # Disables the magic-sysrq key kernel.sysrq = 0 Regards, Gurdeep "Prem Chandra Kumar.N" wrote: > > Hi, > I need to configure RedHat Linux 7.1 as a gateway server for allowing my user's to access the internet from my local private network. I want to configure without IPCHAINS. > I tried using netcfg utility, it did not work > Please anyoone helpl me how to configure the same with an example. > > Regards > Prem Kumar.N > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.