Jeff. Thanks a million for the rapid response. I hope to have my firewall up and running pretty soon, once I've read all the prerequisite information.
If you don't mind I have another question. Once I have booted my box with Bering say, and have configured the firewall and networking settings, how do I control my dialup connection. Since I do not have an always-on connection I need to control it. Can I do this with generic Linux commands or is the command set extremely limited? PS. The reason I was having trouble with finding the list was that I went to the SourceForge.net site and clicked on on the "Lists" link under the Site Map section and it did not return any mention of the mailing list. Thanks for your link, I am now able to go directly there. Thanks again Simon Roodt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Newmiller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Some Help for a Newbie > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Simon wrote: > > > I apologise for having to send to the mailing list, but I am a bit of a > > beginner and have searched the HOWTO's section and can't find what I need... > > That is what the list is for. > > > I have an old P200 that is not being used anymore and wish to make it into a > > my firewall gateway. I am trying to decide which LEAF to use. I have decided > > on either Dachstein or Bering. The Dachstein site mentions the following ... > > "To use my disk images, you need: > > * A dedicated machine to run LRP, with 2 Ethernet cards and a floppy drive > > * An xDSL, cable modem, or other standard Ethernet based internet connection > > " > > > > It is the "2 Ethernet cards" that worry me. Does this mean that I cannot use > > Dachstein (or Bering for that matter) if I have one ethernet card (RJ45) for > > my local network and one PCI Dialup Modem for the Internet Connection. ??? > > There is a difference in level-of-effort between what LEAF can do and what > specific images may be pre-configured to do. Charles was describing what > his images are optimized for. > > > I do not currently have a xDSL modem or an "always-on" connection but may > > have one in the future. Is there a LEAF branch that I can use with my POTS > > dialup connection (modem) > > Dachstein can be configured to work with hardware modems on ppp > connections. For a head start, visit > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/khadley/ppp.html > > > Also, how do I subscribe to the mailing list. I take it I cannot > > access them in the same way as I access NNTP servers. Are the lists > > entirely web (http) based. > > Not at all. Did you perhaps arrive at > http://leaf.sourceforge.net/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=12&page_id=5 and > fail to click on the name of the leaf-user list? > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am a bit of a newbie when it > > comes to Linux, LEAF and SourceForge > > Google regularly, read the SR FAQ (below), and ask specific questions, and > you will do fine. > > > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... > DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing > Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with > /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
