IPCop based Home Gateway
Posted on June 1, 2002
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2.22
Now choose Address settings.
2.23
Our GREEN interface has already been defined,
so select the RED interface and hit enter.
2.24
99% of the time these days you're going to be
automatically assigned a TCP/IP address via DHCP, so
if in doubt choose the options I have selected here.
2.25
Don't go into DNS and Gateway settings if you
chose DHCP in the RED interface configuration. Just select
Done.
2.26
This bit is important, it defines how your home's
TCP/IP addresses will be allocated. Choose the options I have
selected here, then hit Ok. I've increased the time
a PC can keep a TCP/IP address to reduce the network chatter
on your home network.
2.27
Now we have to choose a password, as most of
you are not going to be giving other people access to your
firewall, just use the same password for the next three login
types. Enter it for the first time, then select Ok.
2.28
Enter your password again and select Ok.
2.29
Enter your password again and select Ok.
2.30
Well, thats the hard part done. Hit Ok
to reboot. Whilst at the EPIA's boot screen (where it counts
up the memory etc) press the power button to switch the PC
off.
3. Connecting your Home LAN:
From now on you're not going to need a CD-ROM,
Monitor, or Keyboard. You can remove them now if you like.
Close the case and get ready to fire the firewall up! Connect
the adapter you chose to be GREEN to your local HUB or PC
(if you connect directly to your other PC you will need to
use a crossover cable). Connect the RED interface
to your cable modem or other Internet connection device.
We are now ready to switch on the firewall.
Power it on, and wait for the hard-disk activity to subside.
At this point your home network will be able to be allocated
IP addresses by DHCP from the firewall. Power on another PC
connected to the green adapter, if this PC is setup to get
it's TCP/IP address via DHCP it will get a new address from
the firewall. If it's not setup for DHCP you'll need to go
into the network control panel of the PC and change the TCP/IP
settings.
4. Using IPCop:
Load Internet Explorer or your web-browser of
choice and go to this (local) URL: http://ipcop:81/
From here-on in you already have a fully-functioning
firewall/home-gateway. You can do a lot more with your new
firewall than we've touched on here, go to http://www.ipcop.org/
for more information.
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