On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 11:59:39AM +0200, Robert Ian Smit wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 01:59:36AM -0700, Gary Lucas wrote: > > Trying to use Debian to share my ADSL connection, > > > > Any suggestions? > > I suggest you take a look at shorewall. It is easy to setup by > changing well documented config files and there's documentation on > the website, should you need it. > > You will at least need to change interfaces, masq, policy, rules > and zones in /etc/shorewall. > > Maybe I am forgetting something, but getting it to work was so easy, > it should be rather obvious what's needed in case of problems. > > > Current hardware setup is the line from my ADSL modem going to a hub, > > then a line from the hub to eth0... That all seems to work.. Eth1 is > > connected directly via LAN cable to another computer that is running > > windows ME and I think it's properly configured. > > > > Do I need a cross over cable or would that not be necessary? > > If you connect two computers over ethernet directly, you need a > cross cable. I use a cable modem to connect to the internet. My > setup looks like this: > > Modem --> eth0 in gateway/firewall; eth1 gateway/firewall --> hub > > All local machines connect to the hub. Once a default gateway has > been set along with the most basic networking configuration the > machine can talk to the internet. > > Bob
It is quite possible that you will need a crossover cable between the firewall and the ADSL modem. I do in my installation (Cisco 678 modem).
