> unfortunately, i'm configuring the firewall right now (as in setting up > the networking parameters) so ssh doesn't work quite yet. a keyboard > would be useful. :-)
Dachstein 1.0.2 is called Dachstein Firewall for the good reason that it comes complete. It is well enough written, including QoS, that you can get by to start with using it, as long as you use 192.168.1.0 for your internal network. Want a DMZ too? Not a problem. Want a different firewall? There's Shorewall, Echowall, rcf, and pfw. The first uses iptables, the last three use ipchains. > a friend gave me an old pentium II/233. perhaps my old pentium I/66 > outlived its usefulness. i rebooted dachstein on the new machine with > no problems (and boy was it faster). You're P66 was fast. The P2 is different mobo, chipset, and bios. > it kind of sucks that i had trouble with older hardware; seems like the > very thing that LEAF should thrive on. LEAFs work well on older hardware, but maybe not the really old stuff, because it doesn't support pci cards, and those run well at 100 Mbps... > on the upside, boot time is now cut by a third. People rarely reboot the firewall. So boot speed is not that significant, though using a cdrom to load all your packages is what's fast. > and my firewall would be able to accept/reject packets > VERY QUICKLY. :) Yes, but how much quicker than the P66? I have a good feeling that any fine resolution timer will show that your packets are not delayed during routing by the LEAF more than 10 ms using any funky old hardware you can run. > with only 2 days till school starts again, i want this firewall up > asap... > > pete Good luck. I was sort of wondering what's going on, because the latest DF is so slick that it comes right up in about 30 mins, if you've set one of these up before and know your network.conf, and your modules.conf. _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
