It really is easier than the docs make it seem... download the right files, flash it, done.
I only use the smaller store bough routers for access points or for DMZs at home. My modem always plugs into a linux box of one type or another. I envy the fun you are about to have discovering firewall distros. Enjoy. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:09 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: TOT - Forwarding port 80 to two machines with a home Router -- Linksys WRT54GL >>Another option is to throw together a cheap linux box and install a firewall/router distro like ipcop, ipfire, brazilfw.. SWEET. Thanx Bobby! That was just what I was looking for. I would be *much* more inclined to set up a Linux box than start hacking my router. I am sure the DD-WRT/router method would work fine and I would soon be singing it's praises. However, I was looking at the *lengthy* install docs with a bunch of bright red "WARNING!!!!" messages scattered about and I was thinking: "Do I really want to get involved with this?" Thanx again, G! On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 4:01 PM, Bobby Hartsfield <[email protected]>wrote: > > The chances of bricking the router are pretty low. You'd pretty much have > to > lose power in the middle of the actual flash (doesn't mean it has never > happened). I've installed DD-WRT on just about every linksys router I've > had > (including two WRT54GL routers). Currently, I'm running it on a WRT610N. > > Installing DD-WRT is the first thing I do to a new Cisco/Linksys home > router > when I take it out of the box. I think you'll much prefer the control it > gives you over your equipment. > > Another option is to throw together a cheap linux box and install a > firewall/router distro like ipcop, ipfire, brazilfw.. (and many others). > You > could also run a normal distro and use something like firewall builder to > make it a firewall/router. > > The benefit of moving up to a linux distro from DD-WRT is even more control > and the ability to install many different packages (like a proxy server) > > ipfire is an iptables based firewall distro (forked from ipcop and debian > based)... it has a TON of addons all tested and ready to be installed right > from the web interface. > > Add-ons list: http://wiki.ipfire.org/en/addons/start > > these distros are tiny and typically run on anything you have laying > around. > Some of them are small enough to fit on a single floppy disk and run > entirely from RAM. > > So that's my linux firewall spiel. > > Cheers > > .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > http://cf4em.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gerald Guido [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 3:07 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: TOT - Forwarding port 80 to two machines with a home Router -- > Linksys WRT54GL > > > Than you all for your response. I tried reverse proxy ala mod proxy and > that works. Sort of. If the site uses URLs that includes the host name. One > of the apps that I use a lot, Word press, uses the host name in the URL.. > and the whole reverse proxy thing goes down the shi... err drain. That and > Trac throws a fit when I try to authenticate while going through the proxy > > I am aware of the Linux firmware for the router, but I was hoping there was > another way to do this for fear of bricking it. > > Thanx > G! > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Look into the DD-WRT firmware for that router...it basically turns in > into > > a > > linux box as Jochem was talking about... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 5:26 AM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: TOT - Forwarding port 80 to two machines with a home Router > -- > > Linksys WRT54GL > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 4:06 AM, Gerald Guido wrote: > > > I have two servers @ home that I want to use for hosting hobby sites. > > > One runs Win 08 server and the other Linux (CentOS). My router ( > > > Linksys > > > WRT54GL) does port forwarding but I want to have port 80 point to both > > > machines based on the domain. > > > > Did you upgrade your router to run an open souce Linux or are you running > > the original Linksys firmware? > > > > Jochem > > > > > > -- > > Jochem van Dieten > > http://jochem.vandieten.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
