That was it Ray!!!!!!! My WinXP host had a default gateway of 192.168.1.255 I changed it to 192.168.1.255
Now the laptop surfs the net perfectly, as far as I can tell. I did a port scan from the internet to check the firewall and EVERYTHING was blocked. Wonderful!!!! Now let me ask you a couple questions for me next baby steps. Is it possible to connect a Linksys router to the LEAF firewall (internal NIC) and let the Linksys router set up my local network? I guess it would just be acting like a switch at this point. Especially if I continued to run static internal addresses. My next step is to run all my (5) static external ip addresses through my Firewall. I have a few more NIC's lying around. I believe I want all 5 ip's to come in through eth0. I read some of the posts and I think I will try the eth0:0 through eth0:4. After that I am sort of lost. I only have immediate plans to use two more of the ips, one as a web server, one as a media server. I might run double duty on the media server as a ftp server as well. Anyway, my question was could you give me a general overview of the specific modules, settings, files that I would need to change/update. I guess it would be best to masquerade the ip's?? Truthfully Ray, the main reason I wanted to use the firewall besides local network security was to protect my web and media server. Is there someway to block bad people doing bad things while allowing everybody else in? I worry because in the past I had to open and forward port 80 (and other specific ports on the media sever). It seems to me like I was just putting a lock on my door but leaving the door wide open. Thanks for your help Ray. ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
