RE: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-05 Thread Jon Biddell
-=> I run it on Mandrake, so I guess not. :-) -=> -=> Smoothwall is merely a set of scripts/wrappers which invoke -=> the inbuilt iptables firewalling within Linux. I'd hazard a -=> guess there are installs for most popular distributions. And there are a few good alternatives, like Shorewall (w

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-05 Thread dazza
On Sat, 5 Jul 2003, Shaun Oliver wrote: > there's one thing I don't quite get though, > smoothwall, is it a totally independant system or does it require an > underlying GNU/Linux system I run it on Mandrake, so I guess not. :-) Smoothwall is merely a set of scripts/wrappers which invoke the inb

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread Guy Ellis
Hi, Smoothwall and IPCop are distributed as an ISO. Just burn it to a CD and boot from it. The installer will then build a complete system on your hard disk. IPCop is the GPL fork of SmoothWall. The split occurred last year when the discontinuation of SmoothWall GPL was announced. Strangely en

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread Lester Cheung
Hi Shaun, To save you trouble you could use your working machine as the dialup server. As you have all the speakup packages setup you could simply login through the console directly. I know this may not be the best solution but it seems straight forward to me. Hope this helps. On Sat, Jul 05, 20

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread moise lim
that's right, you did mention that you are blind and for some inexplicable reason, i did not think this made any difference. just goes to show what kind of a genius i am! anyway, telnet installs are something which are quite alien to me as i am simply not good enough with linux yet to understan

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread Shaun Oliver
ok here's a problem I forsee with this already. I'm a bind computer user and would need to do a kind of telnet installation I have a linux machine already running with speakup on it. for more info see http://www.linux-speakup.org I would need some way of doing a telnet type of install so as I can r

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread moise lim
On Saturday 05 July 2003 12:09 am, Shaun Oliver wrote: > there's one thing I don't quite get though, > smoothwall, is it a totally independant system or does it require an > underlying GNU/Linux system well... it installs a version of linux ... some funky version of redhat i believe .. based on s

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread Shaun Oliver
there's one thing I don't quite get though, smoothwall, is it a totally independant system or does it require an underlying GNU/Linux system -- Shaun Oliver "Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!" EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 76958435

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-04 Thread moise lim
On Friday 04 July 2003 04:26 pm, Jasper Streit wrote: > Hi Shaun, > If you can spare an old computer with an ethernet card (or two).. I > recommend using smoothwall, ( http://www.smoothwall.org/ ) which is a yupe .. i'd second this recommendation ... as a novice in the mysterious ways of firewall

RE: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-03 Thread Jasper Streit
E Streit-> -- Shaun Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/07/2003 02:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [SLUG] linux gateway hi, I want to run linux as a gateway computer between my lan and the internet. I am well aware of th

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-03 Thread mkraus
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Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-03 Thread Guy Ellis
Hi Shaun, IPCop is ideal for your application. See www.ipcop.org It's free and now based on a 2.4.20 kernel. Supports PSTN, ISDN, ISDN DOV, PCI ADSL, plus Ethernet ADSL. It has a cgi GUI so you can run it blind on an old Pentium in the cupboard. The ISO image is about 25MB which in quite comp

Re: [SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-03 Thread David Kempe
]> Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 2:46 AM Subject: [SLUG] linux gateway > I am searching for a way to enable her to be able to point and click and > start or stop pppd and get the usual connection statistics she has > become acustom to. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Gr

[SLUG] linux gateway

2003-07-03 Thread Shaun Oliver
hi, I want to run linux as a gateway computer between my lan and the internet. I am well aware of the tools needed to acomplish this task as I have been using linux for the last 2 years or so. my dilemmer is this. I am the only one who knows and understands linux in my household, and my partner pre