Re: [Sheflug] Firewall

["james bruce" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Also, if youre using the newest version of smoothwall (0.98) you'll need to
connect on a special port, though I cant remeber what is. Check the up to
date files on the web, as the normal http://192.168.0.1/ will not work with
the latest version.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barrie Bremner" <xxxxx [at] barriebremner.com>
To: <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:58 PM
Subject: [Sheflug] Firewall


> >>>>> "Darrell" == Darrell Blake <dazblake [at] btinternet.com> writes:
>
>     Darrell> Hey, I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I'm running
>     Darrell> Slackware 8 and I've decided to set up a firewall using
>     Darrell> Smoothwall. I have installed smoothwall on another
>     Darrell> machine and the two computers and connected through
>     Darrell> ethernet cards. I have the smoothwall box set up on an IP
>     Darrell> of 192.168.0.1 and my linux box is set up on 192.168.0.0
>
> Whoooops.
>
> N.N.N.0 and N.N.N.255 for any IP range[1] are broadcast addresses - you
shouldn't attempt
> to assign a machine to use those addresses.
>
>     Darrell> (I used netconfig on slackware to configure it). It says
>     Darrell> in the documentation that you should connect to
>     Darrell> 192.168.0.1 in an internet browser to get to the
>     Darrell> configuration. I try this and it says it can't access
>     Darrell> it. I have used linux for ages but I have no experience
>     Darrell> whatsoever in networking. I'm hoping someone can help me
>     Darrell> with this.
>
> Leave the gateway on 192.168.0.1, and configure the other machine to
> be on 192.168.0.2, with the gateway set to 192.168.0.1.
>
> Also make sure the netmask is the same for both machines - it should
> be 255.255.255.0 (otherwise written as /24) for both.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Baz.
>
>
>
> [1] Unless there are a few exceptions I'm not aware of -
> i.e. multicast.
>
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