Hi everyone,

I was trying to setup a very simple firewall and then build up from there. I am using 
Bering uClibc 2.1.2

my setup is a cable modem with a static IP (I actually have 5 ip's but i'm trying to 
keep it simple to start) going to the 
firewall in the first nic port, then from the firewall's second nic port to a switch 
(because i don't own a crossover cable), 
then to a laptop.
I have been messing around with Network configurations: interfaces file. From step 1 I 
have tried to setup option 1.2 but i 
don't understand the settings completely since they look a little different from my 
standard Linksys router.  
What do I fill in for address, broadcast, and gateway?  My Isp gave me a subnet mask 
of 255.255.255.248
with my static ips.  I used to input dns1 and dns2 in my Linksys Router, do i still 
have to do this?

Then for step 2 I left it alone (default settings looked ok to me) for eth 1.

I thought i would first try to get on the internet with the laptop but it doesn't get 
to the internet.  Is there a 
simple setting I need to change to fix this?


I don't even know if the nics are talking to the LEAF?  How do I know which is Eth1 
and Eth0?
Is there a way to determine if leaf has installed the nic cards properly or at all?  I 
didn't load any special drivers
because it looked like maybe they will work if the nics are common enough.

I haven't messed with anything else in the system. do i need to change some settings 
in shorewall in order 
for the laptop to access the internet?

Then of course there are the laptop settings, I am running Windows XP Pro.  I have 
given it the following fixed ip settings:
ip address: 192.168.1.5
seb net mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS1 and DNS2: the supplied info from my ISP

btw, how do I change the login and password when LEAF boots up?

Please be kind to the noob, I really want to learn this and I really appreciate all 
the detail and 
over-simplification you can stand to type.  I know a very little about Routing, less 
about firewalls, and absolutely
nothing about Linux.  I have been sucking on the Microsoft tit forever.

Thank you in advance,
Andrew


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