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October 24, 2005
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July 21, 2005
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May 25, 2005
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May 13, 2005
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May 11, 2005
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May 10, 2005
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April 20, 2005
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March 09, 2005
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January 30, 2005
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January 15, 2005
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August 26, 2004
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August 25, 2004
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August 13, 2004
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August 06, 2004
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July 14, 2004
The "Moo Cow Moo"

July 02, 2004
The "Mini Mesh Box"

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IPCop based Home Gateway
Posted on June 1, 2002

This is Page 4 of 4. Here is Page 1 and Page 2 and Page 3.

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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