[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-23 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Robert, Robert Best wrote: [...] No. I can't find it in YaST2 / Security and Users / Firewall. Yes, you can: ;-) Yast2 / Security and Users / Firewall / Allowed Services (for External Zone) / Service to allow / choose SSH from the List / klick on Add And: you are done!! Don't

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-23 Thread Jonathan Arnold
G T Smith wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Billie Erin Walsh wrote: Jonathan Arnold wrote: Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-23 Thread Jonathan Arnold
James Knott wrote: Jerry Houston wrote: James Knott wrote: I have never had Windows as my main OS on my home computer. I've only got it on my ThinkPad, which I also installed SUSE on. At home, I went from DOS to OS/2, over 15 years ago and then to Linux, about 5 years ago. Whenever I have

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Jonathan Arnold
Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall capabilities. The firewall capabilities used by most of these modems is called NAT which

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
Jonathan Arnold wrote: Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall capabilities. The

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread James Knott
Jonathan Arnold wrote: Some of us are glad! I use XP for work, but moved away from Windows almost a year ago on my personal machine. I have never had Windows as my main OS on my home computer. I've only got it on my ThinkPad, which I also installed SUSE on. At home, I went from DOS to

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread James Knott
Billie Erin Walsh wrote: Our ISP has a master firewall on his fiber connections that is WAY more powerful than anything I would pay for. We are three layers inside his network. ISP firewall? What happens if you want to connect to your own network, via SSH or VPN? -- Use OpenOffice.org

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
James Knott wrote: Billie Erin Walsh wrote: Our ISP has a master firewall on his fiber connections that is WAY more powerful than anything I would pay for. We are three layers inside his network. ISP firewall? What happens if you want to connect to your own network, via SSH or VPN? Never

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread James Knott
Billie Erin Walsh wrote: James Knott wrote: Billie Erin Walsh wrote: Our ISP has a master firewall on his fiber connections that is WAY more powerful than anything I would pay for. We are three layers inside his network. ISP firewall? What happens if you want to connect to

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread James Knott
Jerry Houston wrote: James Knott wrote: I have never had Windows as my main OS on my home computer. I've only got it on my ThinkPad, which I also installed SUSE on. At home, I went from DOS to OS/2, over 15 years ago and then to Linux, about 5 years ago. Whenever I have to use Windows, I

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
On 06/22/2007 James Knott wrote: I access my home system frequently. For example right now I'm at work and getting my email from an IMAP server on my main home computer. To get there, I run OpenVPN, which gets me through my firewall and to all the resources on my home network. I also have

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Billie Erin Walsh wrote: Jonathan Arnold wrote: Theo v. Werkhoven wrote: Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
On 06/22/2007 G T Smith wrote: I am intrigued by the concept of 3 levels of firewall giving 5 firewalls, enlighten me on the math please? It's a wireless ISP. He has fiber to his office where he has one firewall. Each repeater has it's own firewall. I'm three bounces from his office. Then my

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Billie Erin Walsh wrote: On 06/22/2007 G T Smith wrote: I am intrigued by the concept of 3 levels of firewall giving 5 firewalls, enlighten me on the math please? It's a wireless ISP. He has fiber to his office where he has one firewall. Each

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-22 Thread Billie Erin Walsh
G T Smith wrote: Billie Erin Walsh wrote: On 06/22/2007 G T Smith wrote: I am intrigued by the concept of 3 levels of firewall giving 5 firewalls, enlighten me on the math please? It's a wireless ISP. He has fiber to his office where he has one firewall. Each repeater has it's own

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-21 Thread Jonathan Arnold
Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall capabilities. The firewall capabilities used by most of these modems is called NAT which stands for Network Address Translation ( there are other features

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-21 Thread Theo v. Werkhoven
Thu, 21 Jun 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall capabilities. The firewall capabilities used by most of these modems is called NAT which stands for Network

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Robert Best
On Sunday 17 June 2007 13:16, Kenneth Schneider wrote: As far as the ADSL Speedtouch it should suffice as a firewall for you. Really? Firewall software on the computers connected to the router are superfluous? Robert -- http://rwbest.no.sapo.pt/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Robert Best wrote: On Sunday 17 June 2007 13:16, Kenneth Schneider wrote: As far as the ADSL Speedtouch it should suffice as a firewall for you. Really? Firewall software on the computers connected to the router are superfluous? Robert Hi Robert, well not directly superfluos. For

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Robert Best
Eberhard, my complaint (not easy) refers mainly to Ch 21.4 Basic Networking in the SuSE documentation. It's really too long and complicated to set up a simple LAN, and it asks to enter IP addresses but never mentions ifconfig or ip commands to find them. Regards, Robert On Sunday 17 June

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-18 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 11:00 +0100, Robert Best wrote: It is a Speedtouch ADSL modem. Don't know about firewall capabilities. The firewall capabilities used by most of these modems is called NAT which stands for Network Address Translation ( there are other features available ). What this

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Robert Best
Eberhard, it is not easy. On Saturday 16 June 2007 17:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Robert Best wrote: rwb:~ ip a 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,1 mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue .. 2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP,1 mtu 1500 qdisc .. inet 192.168.1.65/24 brd 192.168.1.255

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 10:52 +0100, Robert Best wrote: Eberhard, it is not easy. As in all things it is easy once you know how. On Saturday 16 June 2007 17:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Robert Best wrote: rwb:~ ip a 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,1 mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue .. 2:

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 08:16 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 10:52 +0100, Robert Best wrote: Eberhard, it is not easy. As in all things it is easy once you know how. On Saturday 16 June 2007 17:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Robert Best wrote: rwb:~ ip a

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Hi Robert, we will help you to get along. Don't despair Robert Best wrote: Eberhard, it is not easy. On Saturday 16 June 2007 17:53, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Robert Best wrote: rwb:~ ip a 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,1 mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue .. 2: eth0:

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Kenneth Schneider
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 20:34 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Hi Robert, we will help you to get along. Don't despair snip Congratulations!!! It's easy, isn't it? No. Kenneth on this list learned me about the command ip a which is not mentioned in O'Reilly's Nutshell or the SuSE

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 20:34 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Hi Robert, we will help you to get along. Don't despair snip Congratulations!!! It's easy, isn't it? No. Kenneth on this list learned me about the command ip a which is not mentioned in O'Reilly's

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread joe
Kenneth Schneider wrote: On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 20:34 +0200, Eberhard Roloff wrote: Hi Robert, we will help you to get along. Don't despair snip Congratulations!!! It's easy, isn't it? No. Kenneth on this list learned me about the command ip a which is not mentioned in O'Reilly's

Re: [opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-17 Thread Darryl Gregorash
On 2007-06-17 15:39, joe wrote: snip IIRC on suse, ifconfig is just a wrapper around ip anyway. Ip does a lot more than ifconfig, including setting up routing tables and tunnelling, to name but two. You might also wish to take a look at the two with a ls -l (they're both in /sbin/), as well

[opensuse] Re: simple LAN

2007-06-16 Thread Eberhard Roloff
Robert Best wrote: rwb:~ ip a 1: lo: LOOPBACK,UP,1 mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue .. 2: eth0: BROADCAST,MULTICAST,NOTRAILERS,UP,1 mtu 1500 qdisc .. inet 192.168.1.65/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 .. fam:~ ip a .. inet 192.168.1.64/24 brd