I swear... IPCop is one difficult motherf

[PerfeK]

I set up ipcop on one of my old machines and I'm having some serious problems. I can connect to it from the "green" side of the network where I have my main computer but I have no clue how to get it set up for the internet.

I have a Westell Wirespeed modem that I use in conjunction with a DI-604 router with Verizon DSL (dynamic IP).

With the DI-604 it was easy. The modem connects to the router via Ethernet I just entered my verizon name and password for authentication and I was online. With IPCop, this is proving to be a pain in the ass. There are a million and one options but none actually do anything relevant.

How am I supposed to configure it? The only apparent options are for dialup modems and USB broadband modems.



The IPCop machine is a 2.4ghz P4 with 128mb DDR and two NICs.

 

[n0cmonkey]

This is why stuff like this sucks. The documentation is horrible, no one knows WTF you're talking about, and it's ass all around.

Drop IPcop, install Linux, and setup IPTables.

Are you using PPPoE?

 

[Zuke]

I'm not sure what's tough about IPCop, I've found it to be great.

IPcop IS Linux with IPTables. Eesh.

Go to the IPCop website www.ipcop.org and choose Support then post a question to the IPCop mailing list. Someone should be able to help you.

btw, 2.4ghz P4 is overkill for an IPCop machine.

I run a 50 computer network behind an IPCop firewall that runs on a Pentium166 machine with 128mb ram.

 

[htne]

I have to agree with Zuke, IPcop is easy. And a 2.4Ghz P4 is WAY overkill. I used to run Ipcop on a Pentium 133, and then upgraded to an AMD K6/2 366, which is way more than I need.

 

[lansalot]

You added both NICs as interfaces? Doesn't sound like you set up a red nic interface, sure you didn't pick the green+red(isdn) option at install for example? You should have picked green+red...

 

[lansalot]

Hang on - you have a modem, then a router, then ipcop?

Why not just drop the router, let ipcop handle all that? (No idea what the capabilities of your modem are so this may not apply)

 

[PerfeK]

Modem -> IPCop -> PC

I finally got it to work. Haven't tried putting the router into the equation yet. I'm the only person on the network right now so it's not a huge deal.

 

[PerfeK]

For clarification, I switched it from DHCP to PPPoE and it worked.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Zuke
I'm not sure what's tough about IPCop, I've found it to be great.

IPcop IS Linux with IPTables. Eesh.

Barely.

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: PerfeK
Modem -> IPCop -> PC

I finally got it to work. Haven't tried putting the router into the equation yet. I'm the only person on the network right now so it's not a huge deal.

You have a router, the ipcop machine. all you need is a switch or hub on the green NIC.

 

[thirdlegstump]

Just installed that sucker on a 200mhz laptop and it's working great. Is there a way to setup traffic shaping so that everyone except for 1 IP address has an upload cap? I'd like to be able to limit uploads to 10KB/sec for everyone except 75KB/sec for one user. I don't see an option for that.