Are you asking if _iptables_ can do routing or if _Linux_ can do routing?  Linux as a whole can do almost everything that a Cisco router can do (I say &quot;almost&quot; because I don&#39;t know absolutely everything that Cisco can do these days).<br>
<br>Here&#39;s a good place to get started:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions</a><br><br>Jeffrey.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/23 Joe Brouhard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jbrouhard@gmail.com">jbrouhard@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Just a general question.</div>
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<div>I know I can build IPTABLES to do security, firealling, stateful packet inspection... but I&#39;ve had this nagging question:  Can it do routing (IP routing) the same way CISCO IOS can ?</div>
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<div>I&#39;m looking for an easier-on-the-budget solution to some of my business&#39; routing issues.</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance.<br clear="all"><br></div></blockquote></div><br>-- <br><br>&quot;He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.&quot; -- Thomas Paine<br>