Re: [Firestarter-user] Dedicated Firewall

[Ryan <ry...@zo...>]

On Monday 24 October 2005 06:59 pm, Chris Pfeffer wrote:
> Does anyone have instructions on how to setup Firestarter as a dedicated
> firewall?
>
> Chris
>
>
You need:
-A supported Linux distro (Red-Hat, Debian, etc)
-2 Ethernet cards
-A hub or switch if you want to connect more than 2 PCs
-The dhcpd package if you want DHCP on your LAN


1. COnfigure your Ethernet cards. If you have a cable modem, eth0 is usually 
DHCP (WAN) and set the LAN to be 192.168.0.1 (it can be anything static, but 
this is a common choice). On your LAN card do NOT set a gateway address.

2. Configure Firestarter Internet Connection Sharing via the Wizard.

3. Connect a piece of cat5 Ethernet to your switch/hub from the Ethernet card 
you specified to be your LAN interface. Connect additional PCs to the other 
ports.

or

3. Connect a crossover cable from your LAN interface to your other PC.

4. Start Firestarter.

5. Set Firestarter to start at boot.

6. Reboot client machines.