Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall

[Mattison]

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

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From: Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss at 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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