Re: Day wasted: Help needed please

["Paul Helliwell" <g0kao@xxxxxxx>]

First off I am new to this group and gradually wading through about 3 days
worth of updates but getting there....

here is a suggestion that I am using  now to reply to this note....

Find a cheap and chearful pentium 75 or better with as much memory in as
possible, Mine has 40meg, and download the latest copy of Smoothwall from
www.smoothwall .org
and install. Ok its a bit more involved but it gives good firewall and
intrusion protection, it sis stable mine has been on now for a number of
weeks (it is Linux based after all!!).
You will need either a cd drive in the firewall pc or an http server on
another pc accessible over the network again Linux helped me out here. once
it is installed you manage it over the network so no need for screen and
keyboard after youve got it up an running. And by the way the logs make
interesting reading after youve been on the net with it.

I am Looking at doing some home auto but will trawl through this lot before
putting questions to the group. need any more help with above let me know.

Regards Paul


----- Original Message -----
From: "joaopedrodeoliveira" <p.oliveira@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 10:54 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Day wasted: Help needed please


> Hi All
>
> After trying to get my DNS, DHCP and NAT sorted out I have wasted a
> perfectly good Saterday.  I managed to het my DHCP server up and
> running properly (now I can type http://DDAR.receiver.html and get
> the display server) but the rest is just a mind field.  I have
> downloaded tons of How-to documents off the net on DNS and NAT but
> still can't do what I want.
>
> All I want to do is let the other computers on the network use the
> servers' modem to connect to the internet.  I think I must have done
> something right as when I used to ping an ip I used to get host
> unknown whereas now I get "host unreachable" (I hope this is
a good
> thing).
>
> Anyway since most of the people on this list have more than 1 pc and
> most are using the servers modem/dialup/broadband to surf the net
> from other pcs, I am hoping someone on this list can save me from
> wasted Sunday.
>
> So if anyone has the faintest idea or even a suggestion (no matter
> how silly it seems) please throw it in my direction.
>
> Cheers
> Pedro
>
>
>
>
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