Re: Can Network Manager be used for router-type configurations?

[Nick Howitt <nick howitts co uk>]

On 31/03/2018 02:52, A. F. Cano wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:55:07AM +0000, Nick Howitt wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I currently use ClearOS which is a CentOS derivative which can run
> > as a full internet gateway and does not use Network Manager. I've
> > been trying to evaluate Network Manager in Centos 7.4 to see if it
> > can be used in ClearOS to manage the interfaces and so far I've
> > struggled.
> Since no one has replied...  I'm running a Freedombox on an apu1d4
> (a small low power single board computer with 3 ethernet interfaces)
> and it uses Network Manager.  The FreedomBox software
>
> https://www.freedombox.org/
>
> makes it easy to set up a gateway/firewall system that is secure
> and offers many other services so it's also a home server.
>
> The FreedomBox software handles a lot of the details you ask about,
> but you might also have to customize depending on your specific
> requirements if they differ from what the FreedomBox is designed
> to do in its default mode.
>
> Maybe not what you want but it's an option.
Thanks for the reply. I am currently using ClearOS 7.4 on a homebrew box 
and it can do it as well but it does not use Network Manager. I hear 
that they would like to use network manager when v8 is released as 
upstream (Centos/RHEL) do, so I thought I'd investigate and I could not 
find out how to do various things in nm:

1 - change the DHCP server range of addresses for a Wireless Hotspot
2 - get WPA/PSK to work on the hotspot (it would configure bit not allow 
connections)
3 - add other DHCP options to the Hotspot DHCP server
4 - Configure a wired LAN interface (as opposed to WAN interface) with a 
fixed IP and a DHCP server

I''d love to know if this is possible.

TIA