[Gllug] Setup ADSL to home network

[Simon Stewart]

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 03:07:13PM +0000, TM wrote:
> Hi,

Welcome to the list! :)
 
> From what I read, maybe someone could tell me how to get hold of
> the old (archived?) messages so that I too can benefit from your
> expertise please.

Take a look at the link at the bottom of every message from the list,
it's there to help.

> Otherwise, I'd appreciate any suggestions/hints/directions on
> what you think is a good (best?) way to set up an ADSL line to
> a small home network (usually 3 PCs) in a secure way running
> Linux (OpenBSD?). I'm comtemplating using an old PC as a firewall
> and buying Alcatel's 'Speed Touch USB Self Install Pack' (as far as
> I know the only one ADSL modem with drivers for Linux) to 'feed'
> into it. Is this a cost effective way of doing it?

Not the best way to do it, but it works. I've got a setup just like
that, with the alcatel frog plugged into a debian box running iptables
as the gateway/firewall to/from the Net. Do a quick google for the
benoit drivers, cos they appear to be pretty solid, and have a _far_
better reputation than the alcatel ones. The one you want is the
sourceforge page because it's more up to date.

There should also be a reasonable guide that comes with the download.

> I'm a Linux novice and certainly not a network expert, and even though
> my curiosity to explore Linux doesn't prevent me from trying to do
> something so big (from where I'm standing), it's not enough to stop
> me from worrying about security. Therefore any help is very much
> welcomed.

Take a look at Rusty's iptables howtos, then. At the back of one of
them is a script that you can take and modify for a handy home
firewall setup.

I'm assuming that you're running a recent distro with the 2.4 kernel?
Do a "uname -a" at the console to find out. It should look a little
like:

sms at lauren:~$ uname -a
Linux lauren 2.4.17 #6 Tue Feb 19 14:19:20 GMT 2002 i686 unknown

The "2.4.17" is the bit your interested in.

Cheers,

Simon

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Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
		-- D.E. Knuth

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