On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 02:43:38PM +0100, Vince Hoffman wrote:
>
>
> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:29:08PM +0930, Ian Moore wrote:
> > > What's the best way then to connect it to the ADSL line?
> >
> > I feel its best to have a hardware modum that also knows how to build up
> > the connection. I'v
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:29:08PM +0930, Ian Moore wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm organising an ADSL connection and I'm a bit confused about our
options.
> >
> > We need to provide web, ssh and mail access to our network for users
from home
> > across the Internet with an ADSL connection.
> > I figure
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:29:08PM +0930, Ian Moore wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm organising an ADSL connection and I'm a bit confused about our options.
>
> We need to provide web, ssh and mail access to our network for users from home
> across the Internet with an ADSL connection.
> I figure the best way
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 01:11, liquid wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Moore
> > Sent: October 10, 2003 9:59 AM
> > To: freebsd-questions
> > Subject: ADSL modem & ip addresses
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm organising
*snipped*
>
> Actually quite a few of the SOHO DSL routers I've seen do include
> simple
> firewalling but often enough they are only configurable via a browser
> and have a kind of all or nothing stance. For fine granular control
> over
> the firewall it is hard to beat FBSD and IPFilter / IPFW
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 11:41:01 -0400
"liquid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> granted us these pearls of wisdom:
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Moore
> > Sent: October 10, 2003 9:59 AM
> > To: freebsd-questions
> >
If you can get an Alcatel Speedtouch USB (probably the most commonly used)
from your DSL provider, then you're in luck. It's in /usr/ports/net/pppoa.
Install it.
Then, lookin:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoa.html .
Remember, the device "Alcatel SpeedTouch USB" th
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Moore
> Sent: October 10, 2003 9:59 AM
> To: freebsd-questions
> Subject: ADSL modem & ip addresses
>
> Hi,
> I'm organising an ADSL connection and I'm a bit confused about our
> op
Hi,
You need a single machine with two nics to setup as a firewall machine.
You should not require a second IP address. If you google for howtos on
setting up FreeBSD as a gateway machine/sharing cable/sharing adsl etc
etc you will find heaps of easy to follow articles. Furthermore, if your
provid
