Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall

I would second on IPCOP. I've been using it for a while and it works
really well. Look for the package "block out traffic (BOT)". This little
package is an awesome GUI for your iptables where you can set rules very
easily, it even allows you to create address groups and port groups to
help make the rules more easy to set up. If you go with IPCOP, make sure
you have plenty of RAM, that's the only problem I've had with it.


On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 07:54 -0700, chip33az@netscape.net wrote:

> I recently helped a friend set up IPCOP and the initial install is
> extremely easy. The biggest gotcha was with the QoS (he has Vonage).
> We had to downgrade from 1.4.13 to 1.4.11 since QoS wasn't written for
> 1.4.13 and there was no time table.
>
> IPCOP offers a variety of plug-ins (such as proxy or Dans Guardian).
> I would look through which ones you may want and see what version of
> IPCOP they work with.
>
> alandd@consultpros.com wrote:
>
> > > > IPCop is a turn key solution. It does everything you have so far
> > described upon installation. After you input your dial-up parameters,
> > it takes care of DNS, DHCP, NAT and firewall for the computers in your
> > local network.
> >
> > Of course you can disable the service you don't need but it's all there.
> > I used it for 3+ years running on a 200 MHz box for my home network DSL
> > connection. We had it for more than 3 years at work serving a local
> > network of 50+ computers running on a 200 MHz box. It did not break a
> > sweat.
> >
> > It will do what you need, just try it!
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > Mattison wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Thanks, that looks like a pretty good solution for the firewall. After
> > > noodling some more I guess I would also need to set up DNS to forward
> > > requests to the ISP, but I'm still not clear how you get it to act as a
> > > router. Which service does that? Maybe I'll just try installing from scratch
> > > and see what the available options are.
> > > --
> > > Phil Mattison
> > > http://www.ohmikron.com/
> > > Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>
> > > To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:53 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > > > Mattison wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Gurus,
> > > > > Looking for suggestions: I want to set up an old PC with an external
> > > > > Hayes-compatible dial-up modem to act as a Gateway Router/Firewall to
> > > > >
> > >
> > > allow
> > >
> > >
> > > > > multiple computers on a local network to access the internet via dial-up
> > > > > account. Should be able to do this with one NIC and the modem I guess.
> > > > >
> > >
> > > Tried
> > >
> > >
> > > > > using a Windows box with Internet Connection Server. It actually worked
> > > > >
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > >
> > > > > after one reboot my linux web development box wouldn't talk to it any
> > > > >
> > >
> > > more.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Windows is like a woman on PMS: if she's having a problem she won't tell
> > > > >
> > >
> > > you
> > >
> > >
> > > > > how to fix it. I think I can figure out how to set up the DHCP server
> > > > >
> > >
> > > but
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I'm a little fuzzy on how to configure the modem and Router/Firewall
> > > > > functions. I was using a Netgear Gateway Router with a cable modem but
> > > > > switched to dial-up (long story) and now miss the ability to access the
> > > > > internet from any machine in the LAN. Manual intervention to dial out is
> > > > >
> > >
> > > ok.
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Any tips and hints would be appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://ipcop.org/
> > > >
> > > > Used it for years without problems. Easy to setup. Easy web GUI
> > > > administration. Great community support.
> > > >
> > > > Alan
> > > >
> >
> >
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