Thanks Kevin. I considered using a card from home, unfortunately, I have DLinks myself (except for the SMC in MY router). So the issue still exists. We'll be getting an SMC soon, had a situation where it either got resolved last night, or it had be back in it's original state for today (a couple of online demos were/are scheduled for today and the next couple of days). So, we're back to the way we were, until I can get the firewall built right. Maybe next weekend.
Thanks for the tip on the aliasing. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Need help with IP Cop at work - NIC issue Why not blow $20 on a card out of your pocket? Then you'll have all the different cards. Heck, you could probably just trade it for one you have at home/work already, and not spend a dime. You'll more than make up for the $20 when you follow this project up with a cost savings analysis, and get a bonus for it... Aliasing the red interface is available from the Web Interface. Kev. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: RE: (clug-talk) Need help with IP Cop at work - NIC issue > Thanks for the reply. The MAC addresses would only apply if I can get the > manual config working for the PCI cards. I don't have the info I need to do > the manual config (i.e. what options need to be specified, how do I find the > values for those options, etc.). > > Thus far, I have the Red and Green interfaces running. I think I'll be able > to convince the boss to buy an SMC card at which point we'll have 3 > different NICs. However, this means a delay in implementing the firewall. > > On a different note, does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle the > IP addressing in our case? We have 8 static addresses with about 5 of them > in use right now. These 5 are fairly important (mailserver, web server, > VPN, etc.) and shouldn't change. Is there any way we can make IPCop > recognize all the addresses on the external interface (aliasing I guess), > and be able to route according to what address is used? My experience with > IPCop suggests I can only use the default address of the Red interface for > determining routing. I'd rather not have to put in a hub that would connect > all our public boxes directly to the DSL modem (I'd rather they were on the > DMZ and accessed through the firewall). But, I haven't had a need (or the > resources) to setup an Orange interface before (for myself that is), so I'm > sure I'm missing something. More reading coming down the pipe, I can tell. > > Thanks again for the input. > > Shawn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Bower [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Need help with IP Cop at work - NIC issue > > > Hi Shawn, > As far as I know ou can still do manual configs on the PCI cards. > > This is somethng I posted earlier in the week that can help if you're using > the same type of cards. > > I installed IPCop using 3 NICS (all 3-Com) > 1 - 10mb/s ISA Card and 2 -10/100 PCI Cards. The installation went fairly > well > and had no issues with the installation discovering the ISA Card - it > actually detected that one first. Being as the ISA Card is used on the red > zone, it actually helped with eliminating which card wasn't to be used for > the green zone. Not related to your problem, but may help later in the > installation is to make sure you record the MAC addresses of the cards as > you > put them in the box. Once your installation is finished, login to the > console > and check the output of the ifconfig. Based on the MAC addresses and the IP > addresses, it'll be easy to know which cards to connect to which zones. > > Hope this helps, > > Neil > > On Sunday 08 June 2003 18:28, Shawn Grover wrote: > >At work, we have a need to revise our network wiring/architecture. I've > >convinced the power's that be to try out IP Cop for our firewall, instead > > of the multiple Windows ISA servers we have now - the selling point was > > that IP Cop is much easier to manage than ISA. However, I'm in the > > process of building the IPCop box now, and am having problems with the > > network cards. > > > >I don't have the luxury of having 3 distinct models of NICs (we're doing a > >red-orange-green setup). The best I have is one or more DLink 538s, and a > >single DLink 530. The probe feature detects these models with different > >drivers, which is good, but I need to configure two (or three) 538s. The > >documentation I've looked at indicates I should select a manual > >configuration, and specify the options I need for the cards - however, > this > >documentation specifically deals with ISA cards. Can anyone tell me what > >options I need to set for PCI cards? And where do I find the details for > >each card? (I can dig out the drivers disk if needed, but for PCI I > > normally don't need them). > > > >Thanks in advance. If I can get this working, I think I can get the > > company moving towards Linux more (not that we've ever been opposed to > > it...). > > > >(I'll buy a beer for who ever comes up with the answer - probably at the > >install fest in a couple of weeks). > > > >Shawn > > >
