Re: Firewall/Inet sharing PC help & Advice needed

["psghome2002" <psghome@xxxxxxx>]

Duh! I wasn't thinking - of course the satellite connection uses 
windows based software (essential to the connection) :(  I wonder if
the software can be used 'further down the line'. I guess I'll only 
know if I try it.

Is IPCOP quick to setup? - i.e. if I try it and (as probably will 
happen), it doesn't work, I haven't wasted a lot of time.

Paul.


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@e...>
wrote:
> If you've got a dedicated machine to use, I'd recommend something 
like IPCOP.
> 
> ICS has the problem that it's very slow (particularly on older 
machines - until you've used a connection shared by something else 
you don't realise how slow.)
> 
> IPCOP is Linux-based, but it's a "install everything" 
installation, so you don't need to know any Linux to set it up.
> 
> My concern, however, would be on the drivers needed to run the 
satellite? Is this just an ethernet card that connects? Or something 
fancy?
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: psghome2002 [mailto:psghome@h...]
> Sent: 6 August 2002 15:54
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Firewall/Inet sharing PC help & Advice
needed
> 
> 
> After running for a few weeks with my Satellite Internet 
connection 
> successfully, the modem decided to die last Thursday. After a lot 
of 
> calls to the BT Satellite helpdesk (very frustrating and slow - 
but 
> that's another story), I'm up and running again (The installers 
SBS 
> are great guys).
> 
> I've got a Win2000 Server running all my HA apps plus Exchange 
> Server. Originally this had the satellite software and second 
> ethernet card, sharing to my home network via ICS. It also had 
Zone 
> Alarm Pro on for firewall protection. All worked great until the 
> satellite went down which also took the rest of the network down
:(
> 
> You might think a case of 'all of my eggs in one basket'? I've got
> another PC (PII 260MHz and 192MB). I'm going to use this as the 
> gateway to the satellite and put a software firewall on this.
> 
> Now, I was just going to put XP on it and use ICS again but 
thought 
> I'd ask if there is a better solution? I don't know unix although 
> I'm willing to spend a small amount of time getting to know it if 
> it's an easy solution? I found ICS was good but had some 
> restrictions in that you can't configure it for odd 
> protocols/services (that I know of).
> 
> Zone Alarm is also not particularly good for complex or advanced 
> setups as it's difficult to configure in an advanced way.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
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