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| 242078 | 2004-06-06 04:28:00 | I am still not to sure what i need to do from within win xp to make this all work if someone could explain this to me that would be great Thanks for the help |
Glassman (5101) | ||
| 242079 | 2004-06-06 05:19:00 | Once you get it set up on the old box, you enter the url of the Smoothwall box into your browser - probably something like http://192.168.1.1 - depending on what you set it up as in Smoothwall. Then you will be prompted to enter a password, and then you will be able to configure the Smoothwall settings in your browser on the XP box. So - to connect and set up Smoothwall on XP, you need to have a network card or inbuilt LAN connection on th XP box, be connected to the Smoothwall box via a network cale, and have details with you of what URL the box is and your password you set up when configuring Smoothwall. J :D |
Jester (13) | ||
| 242080 | 2004-06-06 05:20:00 | You need to set up Networking if you haven't already done so. I don't have XP so can't give you any specifics . XP has a wizard for setting up networking - your network card, TCP/IP, DHCP or IP addressing (if you want use DHCP, I suspect this will be default for XP), DNS, etc. Run that and all should be fairly hunky dory without getting your hands too messy. Because I don't have this nice wizard I'm suspicious of it's behind the scenes complexity so, of course I prefer to setup manually and avoid hassles, ignorence is bliss as far as I'm concerned in this respect :) automation can be a plague visited on the unwary IMO. Get your copy of Smothwall and read the documentaion that comes with it. I believe there are also FAQ's and tutorials at the Smoothwall.org site (not to be confused with the commercial branch of Smoothwall) and check out the forum as per SB's advice. The most basic step once your network card is setup is to point XP to your Smoothwall box and visa versa with your IP setting or DHCP. As before let the wizard do it in XP and follow Smoothwall lead for it's settings. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 242081 | 2004-06-06 06:01:00 | >>Whoa Dolby, who said anything about doubting your advice? All I was doubting was your ability to be around when it is required. I was just joking :) (actually I used the mischief smiley) cos I haven't offered any advice myself for this tread even though I run Smoothwall/IPCop. It seemed to be progressing pretty well. You are right of course, the best source of knowledge are the forums (or whatever) from the horses mouth so to speak. |
Dolby Digital (160) | ||
| 242082 | 2004-06-06 06:04:00 | > Because I don't have this nice wizard I'm suspicious of it's behind the scenes complexity so, of course I prefer to setup manually and avoid hassles, ignorence is bliss as far as I'm concerned in this respect automation can be a plague visited on the unwary IMO. According to one of tweak'e's posts here the Win XP Network Wizard has to be run in order to set up networking if it isn't already. It will probably set the IP number to 192.168.0.1 rather than 192.168.1.1 as in Jester's post so that will need to be changed if required. Apart from that it will most likely be straightforward. If you get stuck on that side of it or things don't work later you can always come back here for more help. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 242083 | 2004-06-06 06:06:00 | > I was just joking (actually I used the mischief smiley) Yes, I know you were. :-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 242084 | 2004-06-06 07:01:00 | Just my two cents..... if you want a small Linux based instalaltion you could always try http://freesco.org This router installation can be contained on one floppy disk and can run entirely in RAM when operating. |
southern_jas (4017) | ||
| 242085 | 2004-06-06 10:19:00 | m0n0wall (m0n0.ch) | segfault (655) | ||
| 242086 | 2004-06-06 11:49:00 | That's the one!!! *Chilling_Silence goes off to trial himself.... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 242087 | 2004-06-06 12:05:00 | Ta. Just grabbed the m0n0wall ISO for a gander. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
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