Re: Getting IPCop to work

From: Robert de Brus (de_brus@h)
Date: 02/08/03 

From: "Robert de Brus" <de_brus@h o t m a i l.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 22:27:04 +1100

bob wrote:
> I have installed IPCOP on a spare box. It is running, and I can log
> into the admin pages, but the docs don't cover my specific
> installation, and I can't get the details worked out.
>
> I have a DSL modem, which is also a router. It has ip addr x.x.x254
>
> If I plug all my machines (winders) into my switch, and the connect
> the DSL to the "uplink" port, everything works fine (with no
> firewall).
>
> Here's what I've done:
>
> red nic: x.x.x.200
> green nic: x.x.x.252
>
> green nic into switch, red nic into modem (router). I can log into
> IPCop
>
>
> Then I changed the default gateway address in the network control
> panel to point to x.x.x.252 instead of x.x.x.254. Doesn't work. I
> tried switching the DNS to x.x.x.252 -- Nothing. I tried putting the
> green nic into the "uplink" port, but then I can't even ping the box.
>
> So my questions would be:
>
> 1) How should I run the wires? Should green into switch, red into
> router function?
>
> 2) How do the firewall, the router, and the ISP interact?
> Specifically, should my DNS address be the firewall or the DNS the
> ISP directs me to use?
>
> 3) Once I get it working, are there some good resources for figguring
> out how to set up rules to filter packets?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob

Seeing as you can log into your ipcop box (presumably you mean from a
windows machine?), why don't you setup dhcp? That way all your windows
machines will be pointing at the correct ip address for gateway and dns. 

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