RE: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP withreserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-09 Thread Michael Grant
I have used openwrt, but not recent version of it. I have been using Ubiquiti EdgeRouters running the stock EdgeOS. Very solid routers. I even have one sitting up in a tree in a Tupperware container in the snowy mountains! I recently discovered that EdgeOS is based on Debian and you can insta

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:42:40 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > If you are OK buying used equipment, Intel-based gigabit NICs, 4 ports > > > to a PCIe slot, cost about $35 (or $70 new). If you've got a 5 year old > > > > My understanding - please correct me if I'm wrong - is that wit

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > > If you are OK buying used equipment, Intel-based gigabit NICs, 4 ports > > to a PCIe slot, cost about $35 (or $70 new). If you've got a 5 year old > > My understanding - please correct me if I'm wrong - is that with those > types of cards, the ports are distinct and aren't actu

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 11:03:35 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > > I can be glad that OpenWRT has improved their security practices > > > and simultaneously not be interested in using it. > > > > I think we are really in basic agreement. The reason I use OpenWRT is > > that I use a resi

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think we are really in basic agreement. The reason I use OpenWRT is > that I use a residential all-in-one WAP / switch / router, which Debian > is unsuitable for. If I ever go the separate WAP / switch / router > route, I'll probably use Debian on the router for the reasons you > give: good sup

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > > I can be glad that OpenWRT has improved their security practices > > and simultaneously not be interested in using it. > > I think we are really in basic agreement. The reason I use OpenWRT is > that I use a residential all-in-one WAP / switch / router, which Debian > is unsuit

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 09:57:13 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 08:36:34 -0500 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > OpenWRT's security process doesn't look as terrible as it used > > > to be, but it doesn't really look good right now, just trying to > > > be better. > >

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 08:36:34 -0500 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > OpenWRT's security process doesn't look as terrible as it used > > to be, but it doesn't really look good right now, just trying to > > be better. > > Again, let's look at specific examples of vulnerabilities present i

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 08:36:34 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 06:41:23 -0500 > > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > > > If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs >

Re: Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Celejar wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 06:41:23 -0500 > Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > > If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs on > > ... > > > Debian gets security updates in a timely manner (for sta

Security: OpenWRT vs. Debian [Was:] Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 06:41:23 -0500 Dan Ritter wrote: > Gregory Seidman wrote: > > If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs on ... > Debian gets security updates in a timely manner (for stable). > > How's OpenWRT's security team

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Gregory Seidman wrote: > If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs on > a variety of router hardware, but also PCs: > https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86 > > Importantly, it uses UCI > <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-07 Thread Gregory Seidman
If you want a Linux router/AP, I recommend OpenWRT over Debian. It runs on a variety of router hardware, but also PCs: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/openwrt_x86 Importantly, it uses UCI <https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/base-system/uci> for configuration of sw

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-07 Thread John Conover
Tixy writes: > On Sat, 2021-02-06 at 11:00 -0800, John Conover wrote: > > Stefan Monnier writes: > > > > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > > > > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > > > > > > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-07 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2021-02-06 at 11:00 -0800, John Conover wrote: > Stefan Monnier writes: > > > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > > > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > > > > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add > >

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-06 Thread John Conover
Stefan Monnier writes: > > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add > > reserved IPs based on the the MAC address of devices connected on

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add > reserved IPs based on the the MAC address of devices connected on > wlan0, (presumably in dhcpcd.co

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-06 Thread Dan Ritter
John Conover wrote: > > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add > reserved IPs based on the the MAC address of devices connected on > wlan0,

Re: Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-06 Thread tomas
On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 02:29:08AM -0800, John Conover wrote: > > A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and > works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. > > After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add > reserved IPs based on the the MAC

Linux router AP with reserved IPs on wlan0?

2021-02-06 Thread John Conover
A wireless router made with hostapd/dnsmasq/dhcpcd is fairly easy, and works well with iptables, with one shortcoming. After antagonizing the Google for hours, I can not find any way to add reserved IPs based on the the MAC address of devices connected on wlan0, (presumably in dhcpcd.conf.) Seem

Re (5): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-10-24 Thread peasthope
* From: Bob Proulx * Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:45:50 -0600 > Since those are old diagrams they don't show where carnot fits into > things. * From: "Jesús M. Navarro" * Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:47:48 +0200 > There's neither "carnot" nor "Allied Telesis 3612TR" in your prov

Re (5): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-10-24 Thread peasthope
* From: Bob Proulx * Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:45:50 -0600 > Since those are old diagrams they don't show where carnot fits into > things. * From: "Jesús M. Navarro" * Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:47:48 +0200 > There's neither "carnot" nor "Allied Telesis 3612TR" in your prov

Re (4): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-10-04 Thread peasthope
* From: Bob Proulx * Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:45:50 -0600 > Since those are old diagrams they don't show where carnot fits into > things. * From: "Jesús M. Navarro" * Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 23:47:48 +0200 > There's neither "carnot" nor "Allied Telesis 3612TR" in your prov

Re (3): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-04 Thread peasthope
142.103.107.138 then why does it need a > private address ... The primary objective is find whether the AT 3612TR can be eliminated by routing through dalton. The private subnet to Carnot was part of my study of whether and how this objective might be reached. Typically, a Linux router has

Re: Re (2): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-03 Thread Bob Proulx
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > http://142.103.107.138/ So now I am really confused. carnot is already on the public internet with 142.103.107.138? I thought that you had it on a private network and were trying to tunnel it onto the public internet. I am really confused now. Sorry. > My network is

Re (2): Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-03 Thread peasthope
From: Bob Proulx Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:55:04 -0600 > Excellent diagram! Thank you very much for sharing it. Welcome. Until I have a definite plan, the old configuration with carnot on the AT 3612TR is restored. All of these should work as long as the old disk drives hold up. http:

Re: Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
nued below. I see and note that that address is one over from dalton's public IP address. > > Is dalton a router on the public Internet? (It would help to know if > > it is a WRT54G type of router or if it is a full functionality Debian > > host.) > > Dalton is a

Re: Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-02 Thread peasthope
ow. > Is dalton a router on the public Internet? (It would help to know if > it is a WRT54G type of router or if it is a full functionality Debian > host.) Dalton is a Linux router running Debian Squeeze with public address 142.103.107.137. The firewall will prevent a response by ping.

Re: Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-02 Thread Bob Proulx
peasth...@shaw.ca wrote: > Given linux router dalton, eth 3, connected to a local machine > carnot, eth0, with a cross-over cable, I need some help to set > the configurations properly. > > #dalton:/etc/network/interfaces >... > iface eth3 inet static > addre

Configuration for a Linux router with a client having a public address

2010-09-02 Thread peasthope
Given linux router dalton, eth 3, connected to a local machine carnot, eth0, with a cross-over cable, I need some help to set the configurations properly. #dalton:/etc/network/interfaces ... iface eth3 inet static address 172.24.2.1 up route add -host 142.103.107.138

Re: ideas for Linux router?

2009-05-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:16:15PM +, Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson wrote: > On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 02:18:24PM +0800, Bob wrote: > > Alex Samad wrote: > >> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:23:52PM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > >> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I got an awesome deal today on a Linksys wired Eth

Re: ideas for Linux router?

2009-05-15 Thread Ólafur Jens Sigurðsson
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 02:18:24PM +0800, Bob wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:23:52PM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I got an awesome deal today on a Linksys wired Etherfast Cable/DSL >>> router and 4 port switch - $5 USD at our local Goodwill Computer

Re: ideas for Linux router?

2009-05-08 Thread Bob
Alex Samad wrote: On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:23:52PM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: Hello, I got an awesome deal today on a Linksys wired Etherfast Cable/DSL router and 4 port switch - $5 USD at our local Goodwill Computer Store. They get donations and then sell them (they are a non-profit corp.

Re: ideas for Linux router?

2009-05-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 09:23:52PM -0400, Zachary Uram wrote: > Hello, > > I got an awesome deal today on a Linksys wired Etherfast Cable/DSL > router and 4 port switch - $5 USD at our local Goodwill Computer Store. > They get donations and then sell them (they are a non-profit corp. that helps >

ideas for Linux router?

2009-05-06 Thread Zachary Uram
Hello, I got an awesome deal today on a Linksys wired Etherfast Cable/DSL router and 4 port switch - $5 USD at our local Goodwill Computer Store. They get donations and then sell them (they are a non-profit corp. that helps the disabled). The model number is: BEFSR41 version 3. What exactly can I

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-22 Thread peasthope
Andrew & others, At Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:42:41 -0700 A.S-W. wrote, "that does not mean that a rule for POP3 is not needed. I don't remember if shorewall is case sensitive, but I bet it is in the context of defining a rule. maybe post the actual config line to produces the error?" My /etc/sho

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread peasthope
Paul & others, At Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:33:50 -0700 Paul Johnson wrote, "... the FTP server connects to the client: Two connections are maintained ..." As I am aware, ssh uses only one connection but it also gets ACCEPT rules. So I still don't understand why some protocols, dns, ftp and ssh, ne

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 04:01:39PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote, > "... if you want to really understand it use > shorewall after reading shorewall-doc." > > ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall. > > I wonder why rules

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread peasthope
Folk, At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote, "... if you want to really understand it use shorewall after reading shorewall-doc." ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall. I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but a rule for POP3 produces a complaint about "... unknown pro

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 16:01 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote, > "... if you want to really understand it use > shorewall after reading shorewall-doc." > > ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall. > > I wonder why rules are nee

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread peasthope
Folk, At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote, "... if you want to really understand it use shorewall after reading shorewall-doc." ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall. I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but not for POP3. In fact, a rule for POP3 produces a complaint

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-06-16 Thread peasthope
Folk, At Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:27:40 -0400 Douglas A. Tutty wrote, "... if you want to really understand it use shorewall after reading shorewall-doc." ipmasq works but I want to use shorewall. I wonder why rules are needed for FTP but not for POP3. In fact, a rule for POP3 produces a complaint

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:07:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would > you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca? > > Not really. Didn't think so :) > > OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse; > the curre

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-23 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 09:07:32AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Douglas, > > dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would > you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca? > > Not really. > > OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse; > the current host

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-23 Thread peasthope
Douglas, dt> Now you're using shaw.ca for your home domain. Do you own that? Would you like to e.g. relay mail for all of shaw.ca? Not really. OK, I've invented the domain name petershouse; the current hosts file follows. Please let me know of any remaining errors. Isn't there a place to

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:20:24AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > dt> if you don't own peasthope.yi.org, then I wouldn't use it even locally. > > But I do own the machine and the name. OK I, personally, for the 127.0.0.1 would only use localhost and localhost.localdomain > yi.org is a dynamic

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-17 Thread peasthope
Douglas, dt> if you don't own peasthope.yi.org, then I wouldn't use it even locally. But I do own the machine and the name. yi.org is a dynamic dns service. Not already being allocated is a precondition to assigning "peasthope.yi.org" to my computer. dt> It is a valid name. So ... I miss

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-17 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 08:12:44PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:38:36PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > # /etc/hosts file > > 127.0.0.1 peasthope.yi.orgjoule localhost > ^^ > this should be: localho

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-16 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 04:38:36PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Douglas & others, > > dt> Now you will have three networks. ... > ... You shouldn't have to add routes like this ... > > Right oh. > > dt> change this to 172.23.5.1, and change heaviside's to 172.23.5.2 > > The revised config

configuration of a linux router

2008-03-16 Thread peasthope
Douglas & others, dt> Now you will have three networks. ... ... You shouldn't have to add routes like this ... Right oh. dt> change this to 172.23.5.1, and change heaviside's to 172.23.5.2 The revised configuration follows. Everything appears OK now. There is no hub consuming power and two

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-03 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:40:22PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Folk, > > My LAN has a Debian router, joule, and two subordinate > machines, curie and heaviside. The three connect to an > old Linksys 10Base-T hub. joule connects to a > cable modem through a second NIC and runs > ipmasq.

Re: configuration of a linux router

2008-03-02 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:40:22PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My LAN has a Debian router, joule, and two subordinate > machines, curie and heaviside. The three connect to an > old Linksys 10Base-T hub. joule connects to a > cable modem through a second NIC and runs > ipmasq. > > Curre

configuration of a linux router

2008-03-02 Thread peasthope
Folk, My LAN has a Debian router, joule, and two subordinate machines, curie and heaviside. The three connect to an old Linksys 10Base-T hub. joule connects to a cable modem through a second NIC and runs ipmasq. Currently I want to add a third NIC to joule, remove the hub and connect each

Re: forwarding _versus_ domain name service on a Linux router

2007-12-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 08:52:54PM -0800, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: > Folk, > > A system, connected to the 'net by a telephone modem, > is configured to be a router providing a network connection > to one Windows system and also to be a workstation. > > Which is the lesser of evils: running a dns f

forwarding _versus_ domain name service on a Linux router

2007-12-08 Thread PETER EASTHOPE
Folk, A system, connected to the 'net by a telephone modem, is configured to be a router providing a network connection to one Windows system and also to be a workstation. Which is the lesser of evils: running a dns for one client or forwarding name requests over the slow connection? Thanks,

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-15 Thread Ken Gilmour
Captain's Log, stardate Tue, 14 Dec 2004 14:22:48 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: > I figured out what was wrong with my OpenBSD 3.6 setup. I needed to > setup pf=YES in /etc/rc.conf.  I must have missed this when reading > though the install documentation. > > Anyhow the

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-15 Thread Ken Gilmour
Captain's Log, stardate Tue, 14 Dec 2004 12:23:08 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: >> The main point is that there are so many things to do in Linux in >> order to configure it for masquerading (Recompiling Kernel etc). >> There also so many different commands that do exac

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Madden
I figured out what was wrong with my OpenBSD 3.6 setup. I needed to setup pf=YES in /etc/rc.conf. I must have missed this when reading though the install documentation. Anyhow these are the steps that worked for me: 1.) Install OpenBSD 3.6 according to the directions at: http://www.openbsd.org

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-14 Thread Michael Madden
> The main point is that there are so many things to do in Linux in order to > configure it for masquerading (Recompiling Kernel etc). There also so many > different commands that do exactly the same thing but in different ways. If a > person is starting off in firewalling it's not good to overw

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 15:46 -0800, Scarletdown wrote: > Michael Madden wrote: > > > Alex Barylo wrote: [snip] > > > Freesco is a pretty decent floppy based router. > > freesco.org Note, though, that it uses kernel 2.0.39. -- - R

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 05:31:18PM -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > > Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like > LRP appealed to me more since it was floppy based > and didn't require setting up a distro with many > unneeded utilities. Does anyone know of an active > flop

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Ken Gilmour
Captain's Log, stardate Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:26:40 -0500, from the fingers of Bruce Park came the words: > Ken Gilmour wrote: >> The only problem i have with Linux's iptables as opposed to >> OpenBSD's PF is that iptables has an overwhelming amount of stuff >> it can do and you can easily break it

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Bruce Park
Ken Gilmour wrote: Captain's Log, stardate Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:11:46 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: Does anyone know of a decent Linux based router project out there? In the past I've used LRP (http://www.linuxrouter.org), but it looks like the project isn't maintained

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Alex Barylo
I second that - I use my old AMD-K6 box with Sarge as a firewall. I use and _highly_ recommend FIAIF firewall (http://www.fiaif.net/) - I picked it up from securityfocus.com top tools. HTH, Alex. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread William Ballard
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 05:31:18PM -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > unneeded utilities. Does anyone know of an active > floppy based firewall (Linux or *BSD)? No. Use an old laptop with a hard drive, and two PCMCIA net cards. Take one floppy. Put the OpenBSD install image on it. Install OpenBSD vi

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Scarletdown
Michael Madden wrote: Alex Barylo wrote: I second that - I use my old AMD-K6 box with Sarge as a firewall. I use and _highly_ recommend FIAIF firewall (http://www.fiaif.net/) - I picked it up from securityfocus.com top tools. HTH, Alex. Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like LRP appeal

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Ken Gilmour
Captain's Log, stardate Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:31:18 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: > Thanks for all the advice.  I guess something like > LRP appealed to me more since it was floppy based > and didn't require setting up a distro with many > unneeded utilities. Does anyone

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Joao Clemente
Croy, Nathan wrote: From: Michael Madden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:31 PM Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like LRP appealed to me more since it was floppy based and didn't require setting up a distro with many unneeded utilities. Does anyone know of an

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2004-12-13 at 17:31 -0600, Michael Madden wrote: > Alex Barylo wrote: [snip] > > Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like > LRP appealed to me more since it was floppy based > and didn't require setting up a distro with many > unneeded utilities. Does anyone know of an active > f

RE: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Croy, Nathan
> From: Michael Madden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:31 PM > > Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like > LRP appealed to me more since it was floppy based > and didn't require setting up a distro with many > unneeded utilities. Does anyone know of an act

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Michael Madden
Alex Barylo wrote: I second that - I use my old AMD-K6 box with Sarge as a firewall. I use and _highly_ recommend FIAIF firewall (http://www.fiaif.net/) - I picked it up from securityfocus.com top tools. HTH, Alex. Thanks for all the advice. I guess something like LRP appealed to me more since it

Re: Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Ken Gilmour
Captain's Log, stardate Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:11:46 -0600, from the fingers of Michael Madden came the words: > Does anyone know of a decent Linux based router project out there? > In the past I've used LRP (http://www.linuxrouter.org), but it > looks like the project isn't maintained anymore. > > M

Linux Router

2004-12-13 Thread Michael Madden
Does anyone know of a decent Linux based router project out there? In the past I've used LRP (http://www.linuxrouter.org), but it looks like the project isn't maintained anymore. My requirements are pretty simple. I want to route traffic from network A to network B and route traffice from networ

Re: 2 internet link problem on Linux router

2002-12-13 Thread louie miranda
t: Re: 2 internet link problem on Linux router > louie miranda said: > > Hi things i have to clear first! > > > > DEFAULT GATEWAY = 203.100.100.1 > > MACHINE's (primary) IP = 203.100.100.2 - NIC1 > > MACHINE's (secondary) IP = 203.100.100.3 - NIC2 >

Re: 2 internet link problem on Linux router

2002-12-13 Thread nate
louie miranda said: > Hi things i have to clear first! > > DEFAULT GATEWAY = 203.100.100.1 > MACHINE's (primary) IP = 203.100.100.2 - NIC1 > MACHINE's (secondary) IP = 203.100.100.3 - NIC2 you can't really do this, All network packets will go out of NIC 1 no matter what in this configuration. if

2 internet link problem on Linux router

2002-12-13 Thread louie miranda
Hi things i have to clear first! DEFAULT GATEWAY = 203.100.100.1 MACHINE's (primary) IP = 203.100.100.2 - NIC1 MACHINE's (secondary) IP = 203.100.100.3 - NIC2 MASQ BLOCK = 10.0.0.0/16 - NIC3 I have 3 NIC Cards, My only problem is i want to route all my MASQ BLOCK that when they access IP BLOCK 20

My Linux router for the LAN only rings once (on request)

2000-11-30 Thread Piet Knoester
Compaq Deskrpo 2000 - 32 MB - Eicon Diva PCI - Intel Ethernet 100 Pro Debian 2.2 - Ipchains - Isdnutils Installed packet = "Newbie help" In at test now wit dynamic ip. After the boot of both the linux router and a connected windows98-pc a start of Netscape on the windows98-pc causes

Linux Router Project

2000-02-22 Thread Louis Byrne
Hi folks! My name is Louis Byrne and I am the network administrator for a company in Toronto, Canada. I am working on a project that will use the Linux Router. As a feedback, the Linux Router Project started back in 1997 as an open source variant of the Debian distro and intended to fit into a

Re: [Linux: Router] What does I need ???

1999-12-08 Thread Oki DZ
Michelle Konzack wrote: > Now, my Question is, WHAT DOES I NEED to install a simpel Router ??? > ... > Curently I must work with IP-Masquerading only... > ...but it runs. > > OK, I have a LRP 2.9.4 box running which is based on Debian 2.1 (2.0.36). > I have no knowledge from ipchains and ... I

[Linux: Router] What does I need ???

1999-11-29 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello and good day. OK, today in the morning I have downloaded the Base-Installation of Potato. Now, my Question is, WHAT DOES I NEED to install a simpel Router ??? I have 5 NIC's 3c509-TPO and a fixed IP-Adress from my Provider (eth0). The cable modem 2 will be installed next year but I like

Re: Limited Bandwidth for Linux-router

1999-09-02 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello Alex Look for SHAPER. But you can limit the bandwidth of an Internal-IP-Address from 9600Bps to 256kBpS only. Webmistress Michelle At 09:55 02.09.1999 +0400, you wrote > This was the original Message: MK>Hi, all, MK> MK>Need a quick answer for my boss about possibility to limit b

Re: Limited Bandwidth for Linux-router

1999-09-02 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alex V. Toropov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, all, > >Need a quick answer for my boss about possibility to limit bandwidth for >special kind >of ip-traffic (for specific source/dest network) . > >Linux-box is gateway from LAN to Internet. So this limitation is need

Limited Bandwidth for Linux-router

1999-09-02 Thread Alex V. Toropov
Hi, all, Need a quick answer for my boss about possibility to limit bandwidth for special kind of ip-traffic (for specific source/dest network) . Linux-box is gateway from LAN to Internet. So this limitation is needed on WAN-NetInterface or on internal (kernel ?) routing. Can anyone help me in t

Re: Linux router and NetMeeting

1999-08-30 Thread ferret
ng IP Masquerading, which is working fine and has been > > for a long time. Now, i'm trying to connect to a friend of mine through > > Netmeeting and i can't get the router to let sound go both ways (i'm using > > my intranet NT server, that goes through a Linux rout

Re: Linux router and NetMeeting

1999-08-30 Thread ferret
h is working fine and has been > for a long time. Now, i'm trying to connect to a friend of mine through > Netmeeting and i can't get the router to let sound go both ways (i'm using > my intranet NT server, that goes through a Linux router, that connects to > the net by

Re: Linux router and NetMeeting

1999-08-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
e and has been > for a long time. Now, i'm trying to connect to a friend of mine through > Netmeeting and i can't get the router to let sound go both ways (i'm using > my intranet NT server, that goes through a Linux router, that connects to > the net by cable mode

Linux router and NetMeeting

1999-08-30 Thread Carlos Santos
ting and i can't get the router to let sound go both ways (i'm using my intranet NT server, that goes through a Linux router, that connects to the net by cable modem). I call my friend, he accepts the connection, i speak through my microphone and he hears me ok but i can't hear him. I

linux router poject help!please tell me!

1999-04-16 Thread RenDH
I just used idiot.image-2.9.3-1.44MB,and my computer is a pentium 166 with ne2000 card. 1. I insert a disk (with idiot.image-2.9.3-1.44MB )and reboot my computer. 2. After I login with root,I setup ip addrress ,subnetmask and setup ne2000 in modules. 3. Then I reboot. I found systerm prompt not

Linux Router Project - Initial beta release now available.

1997-09-11 Thread Dave Cinege
(We could sure use more people...join the mailing list!) You can download the current beta via web or ftp: http://www.psychosis.com/linux-router/ ftp.psychosis.com /pub/linux-router/ - http://www.psychosis.com/emc/

Re: Linux Router Project -- About to get working and need more people!

1997-07-17 Thread Dermot John Bradley
I'm willing to help. Although not a networking guru I've created several Debian networking-based packages (Merit radiusd, Hylafax, MRTG, gated [internal use only], nocol). -- Dermot Bradley Derry/Belfast, Northern Ireland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING L

Re: Linux Router Project -- About to get working and need more people!

1997-07-17 Thread Bruce Perens
Try the root on the resc1440.bin floppy . It contains a functional Unix tool set, a good shell, and an editor. It fits on a 1.44MB ramdisk image, compresses down to 700KB on the floppy, leaves enough room for the kernel on the same 1.44MB floppy, and supports shared libraries. You would be hard pre

Linux Router Project -- About to get working and need more people!

1997-07-14 Thread Dave Cinege
Linux Router Project -- About to get working and need more people! The Linux Router Project is about to begin work on our minimal root fs. Very crucial to this are people that truely understand the dependencies of networking functions and utilities. I'm looking to use Debian 1.3.1 as the

Re: *RFC* - Linux Router Project - Preliminary discussion

1997-06-05 Thread Dave Cinege
One of the people that responded to me has setup a mailing list. Thanks Jerry! Linux Router Project - to subscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the message body put: subscribe The people responding to my initial query are very willing to get something going, and

Re: *RFC* - Linux Router Project - Preliminary discussion

1997-06-04 Thread Bruce Perens
Brian Candler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is working on something called "Linnet" that would be a turn-key router and server. Thanks Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-215-3502 Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89

*RFC* - Linux Router Project - Preliminary discussion

1997-06-04 Thread Dave Cinege
*RFC* - Linux Router Project - Preliminary discussion First if there is such a project already please point me towards it if not here are my ideas: LInux is a fine vertical network application OS, but hand building and maintaining it from scratch is pain staking. I would like to form the