System Configuration Examples - Linux

/etc/init.d/tune-param

;bump up file count
echo "16384" > /proc/sys/fs/file-max

; bump up syn backlog
echo "2048" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_syn_backlog

; bump up epherial ports (for outbound connctions!)
echo "1024 49151" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range

; make the base ide disk work properly (dma, 32bit transfers)
/sbin/hdparm -d 1 -c 1 -m 8 /dev/hda

; Enable ip forwarding (or proxy redirection)
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

; Turn on the iptables redirection to the squid port
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128