Running as a vm, what platform do you run it on? (virtualbox, xen, vmware) On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: > IPCop has worked well for me for a number of years. I started with an > old 333MH celeron pc, added a couple nics, and was good to go. You > wouldn't need that much power though. A plain ol' Pentium (win95 box) > would do nicely. I run IPCop as a VM these days. I have my wireless > router (wrt54G stock) attached to the orange (dmz) network, so wireless > is isolated from my lan. > > Stephen wrote: >> uptime etc... and the extra features is why im thinking about it. >> however my gateway does dyndns, but im still wnating to replace it >> with a real firewall and some of those features. but i dont have a >> graceful replacement of the wireless part of it yet. so im kind of >> stuck with it. (and i dont mind replacing it with tomato/DDwrt but i >> want a backup plan first in case i brick it) >> >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>> It seems to me that the gateway is a more logical place to put dhcp, >>> thinking of your gateway as a "network server" (which provides network >>> services). >>> >>> To be honest though, I can't think of a reason why it would really >>> matter one way or another. >>> >>> Stephen wrote: >>>> This is actually something i have been planning for a few weeks now... >>>> >>>> More incentive to set this up, but it will likely go on its on VM on >>>> my server than locally. >>>> >>>> Im not sure if i want to use DHCP on my server or DHCP on myGateway yet. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>>> Running your own caching resolver is pretty trivial on RHEL/Fedora. Just >>>>> need to install the caching-nameserver package (which pulls in deps when >>>>> you use yum to install it). You then need to have: >>>>> nameserver 127.0.0.1 >>>>> first in your /etc/resolv.conf file so it gets used. If your computer is >>>>> directly attached to the cox modem, that'll be a pain as dhcp resets >>>>> your resolv.conf file. If you're using cox, you really should have a >>>>> router with nat between your computer and the cox modem though, so your >>>>> computer isn't sitting on a public address. >>>>> >>>>> I don't know off hand how to set up a local resolver on Ubuntu. I don't >>>>> really need one myself because my IPCop is my resolver. ;) >>>>> >>>>> Brian Cluff wrote: >>>>>> I've always found that cox's DNS server have been less that desirable. >>>>>> I was actually surprised to find that I was using their dns at all. >>>>>> I've usually setup my own, to get around their DNS problems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now with cox hijacking all the typos, I would recommend more than ever >>>>>> that people setup their own DNS servers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>>> >>>>>> On 02/28/2010 07:53 AM, Steven A. DuChene wrote: >>>>>>> Yes, I am using cox but I guess the bigger question is WHY >>>>>>> is cox reporting an incorrect IP for the plug web server? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>> From: Brian Cluff >>>>>>>> Sent: Feb 28, 2010 1:56 AM >>>>>>>> To: Main PLUG discussion list >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It looks like the cox name server at 68.105.29.12 is reporting back the >>>>>>>> wrong address for the plug server.  If you simply remove that nameserver >>>>>>> >from your resolv.conf, you should be able to get to the server again. >>>>>>>> Brian Cluff >>>>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -Eric 'shubes' >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> -Eric 'shubes' >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss