Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 04:10:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Leonardo_M=2E_Ram=E9?= <martinrame@yahoo.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router & FreeBSD Message-ID: <436829.27921.qm@web36501.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <171215.93434.qm@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <922394.62111.qm@web113506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <171215.93434.qm@web36502.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Please excuse me. I typed my reply below all the existing text but somehow = it =0Aended up being formatted into the middle of this one. Can someone giv= e me the =0Atip for insuring I don't top post and that my reply ends up at = the bottom of the =0Ae-mail?=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________= =0AFrom: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com>=0ATo: Leonardo M. Ram=E9 <mart= inrame@yahoo.com>; questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Fri, May 6, 2011 6:53:56 A= M=0ASubject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router & FreeBSD=0A=0A=0A________= ________________________=0A=0AFrom: Leonardo M. Ram=E9 <martinrame@yahoo.co= m>=0ATo: questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Thu, May 5, 2011 3:44:36 PM=0ASubjec= t: Home firewall with DLink router & FreeBSD=0A=0A=0AThe short answer is a = definite yes, but you will need two NIC's in the FreeBSD =0Aserver. I have = a FreeBSD server which runs diskless and it acts as my router =0Aright behi= nd the cable modem. All networks in my home including the wireless one =0A= =0Auses this machine as it's route to the Internet. It runs IPFW2 as the fi= rewall. =0AIt also does some port forwarding from my Asterisk PBX and webse= rver which are =0Arunning on other FreeBSD servers inside my LAN.=0A=0ATher= e is excellent information in the FreeBSD handbook on how to setup a FreeBS= D =0A=0Aserver as a gateway/router. Check it out.=0A=0AHi, at home I have a= DLink Dir 300 router to provide internet access for my home =0A=0Anetwork.= The network is composed by two Windows PCs, one Linux laptop and one =0AFr= eeBSD server we use mainly for storage and as web/database server.=0A=0AI m= ust add, the server only have one network card.=0A=0AI would like to know i= f its possible to use the FreeBSD server as a Firewall for =0A=0Athe whole = network, securing LAN and WiFi connections. If this can be done, then =0Aho= w? could you point me to some howto?.=0A=0AThanks in advance,=0ALeonardo M.= Ram=E9=0Ahttp://leonardorame.blogspot.com=0A______________________________= _________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lis= ts.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send an= y mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A___________________= ____________________________=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list= =0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubsc= ribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A
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