On Thursday 02 January 2003 06:07 am, Don Calfa wrote: > I'm sure you have but have you tried the 192.168.0.1 address? Worst > case you could find a windows machine and run the CD. The CD is worthless. All it does is pop up a web browser to the 192.168.0.1 address. Regarding the ActionTec modem, badtux.net is being run off of that, but I do not attempt to use it as a firewall. I have my own firewalls plugged into it (three of them, one for my public network, one for my private network, one for my wireless network) and do my own port forwarding etc. This only works because I have a subnet block and not a single static IP address. The secret: Turn off DMZ. Turn off NAT. Set up a static IP address for the modem (e.g. 65.39.86.201 ). *SAVE AND RESET* the modem at this time, because otherwise these values will get lost due to bugs in the firmware. SET UP A STATIC ROUTE for your subnet, with the proper netmask and etc. for your subnet, telling it to forward the subnet between the LAN and the WAN. This wastes an address for the Actiontec modem, but was the only way I could get it to work. I just plugged my firewalls into the Actiontec after assigning them static IP addresses, and forward ports from there to ports internal to my networks. Note: I probably forgot a few details -- it's been a few months since I did it -- but I do remember that a) it's a royal PITA, and b) it CAN be done, just not while using the Actiontec as a firewall. Get some other kind of firewall to go on your network side of the Actiontec, such as a Linksys Cable/DSL router or an elderly Linux or FreeBSD box with two network cards. -- Eric Lee Green GnuPG public key at http://badtux.org/eric/eric.gpg mailto:eric@badtux.org Web: http://www.badtux.org