> >Here are the things that I was unable to do: > > > >1) Get basic DNS requests to flow to/through the box. > > that should work by default.
It appears that the problem is that I misunderstood how GNATBox Lite worked. Every other firewall that I have recently used worked as a DNS proxy as well as a DHCP server. In those cases, the box worked as a DNS cache and forwarder - and so that internal machines used the internal firewall address as the DNS server. This makes it simpler since the ISP DNS server can change from time to time which automatically would get updated on the firewall due to the DHCP client. After I figured this out, I was able to set my client PC's to use the external DNS IP of the ISP and everything worked. At this point I'm afraid that GNATbox forces me to make too many compromises to fit into my environment. I like the basic look/feel of the product, but I'm going to go back to another firewall for now. I have several good options both floppy based and non-floppy based. I haven't found anything in this firewall that will make the lack of DHCP and lack of DNS forwarding worth the effort. Thanks for all of your help, the one good thing I can say is that this list was quite helpful and friendly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
