On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:58 PM, Laurie Brown wrote:
Here's the document that gave me the most help: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/index.html
And I used 2 identical NICs with iptables. Script to be had for the asking (but it's being rewritten as it's over-complex).
Cheers, Laurie.
Thanks for the link to that very useful and comprehensive web page Laurie. Yes, I would certainly be interested in a copy of your firewall script. I do however have a couple of further questions:
Firstly, getting back to this 150MB worth of software the sales rep was adamant I would have to load on a Windows machine... Looking at the web site you suggested am I correct in thinking that this software is just used purely for the complex looking multi-stage initial setup and registration process and that once the cable modem is up and running I can reformat the hard disk and use it for something a bit more useful? Or have I misunderstood and this software is something I will need to use regularly and so need to keep it knocking around on the disk forever in case of power cuts or guinea pigs chewing through ethernet cables etc?
Secondly, I notice that you mention that you use two identical NICs in your firewall, whereas the sales rep kept rabbiting on about a USB port interface on the cable modem (though now I think of it may have mentioned an ethernet port option). The PC I currently use on my dial-up is an old Pentium 1 machine without a USB port and only one ethernet card. Whatever happens I will therefore have to buy either a USB port card or an additional ethernet card for it specifically for this cable modem. Is the ethernet/ethernet firewall simply easier to setup than a USB/ethernet firewall or does the ethernet/ethernet option have a performance advantage?
Ian.