[ILUG] Eircom + Firewall

[Eireann Design (Gianni Ponzi)]

Excellent thanks for that!

For future reference, the router is a Netopia and the firewall software must
be ordered separately.

thanks again

GP


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Brooks" <stephen at lincor.com>
To: "Eireann Design (Gianni Ponzi)" <gianni at eireanndesign.ie>
Cc: "Michael Thompson" <michaelnt at gmail.com>; <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] Eircom + Firewall


> Eireann Design (Gianni Ponzi) wrote:
> > Thanks for the answers everyone. I think I may have worded my question
> > incorrectly.
> >
> > Basically my concern is over the setup software provided by Eircom. On
their
> > site they stipulate only Win  / Mac machines will work with their
router.
> >
>
> The router, if it's the Cayman netopia that I think is still the
> standard unit, provides an ethernet port so that will be no problem if
> the machine you wish to connect has an NIC.  It does also have a usb
> connection that doesn't have a linux driver so that's maybe where
> they're pulling the Win / Mac only from.
>
> > Am I incorrect in saying that I should still have no prblem setting up
the
> > router on a Linux firewall (e.g IPCop) as long as I have the connection
> > settings to Ericom ?
> >
>
> Yup, you enter those via the router's web interface.  Though bear in
> mind the router has a built in firewall.  If you wish your firewall
> machine itself to be presented to net for VPN setup etc and better low
> level control you'll need to put the router into bridging mode to
> transparently present the connection.  In this case you'd also need
> PPPoE (Roaring penguin for example) configured to do your authentication
> for the connection.
>
> > The only question is whether they are also initialising somethinig in
the
> > router with the setup CD. I mean why only Win  /Mac??
> >
>
> Nope, all you need is a browser.
>
> > Thanks again and apologies for the confusing post
> >
>
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Stephen Brooks <stephen at lincor.com>                     17 Dame Court
> Software Engineer                                   Dublin 2, Ireland
> Lincor Solutions Ltd.                          Ph: +353 (0) 1 6746413
>