[Tfug] dsl actiontech issue

[Mike Morrell]

  What I do is setup my Linux firewall to have an IP that is listed in
the DMZ of the actiontec.  That way all traffic is routed to my linux
box regardless of what the actiontec firewall is set to.


Mike


On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 14:52, Jim Smith wrote:
> Can I just port forward indetd on the actiontec GT701 and if I have iptables configured on the linux box so that the nix box can get out to anything but nothing can get in when IRC fires off will it open an inet session and will the irc servers then be able to communicate on that session or do I need to have the inetd port open on the nix box in addition to having it forwarded from the Actiontec?
> 
> What are the major diff between the firewall settings on the actiontec from high, medium, basic and low?
> 
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> 
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jon" <bigj at tfug.org>
> Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 14:43:38 -0700 (MST)
> To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
> Subject: Re: [Tfug] dsl actiontech issue
> 
> > Sounds like you need to let identd through. I think it's port 113 but I
> > may be wrong on that.
> > 
> > --
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> > Jon
> > "There are no smart viruses, just stupid users."
> > 
> > Jim Smith said:
> > > I just got an Actiontech GT701 for DSL and if the firewall is configured
> > > for anything other than basic or low I can not use IRC, is there another
> > > way to configure this acitontech, I have port forwarded all irc traffic to
> > > my box but no go unless I lower the firewall to basic or low, has anyone
> > > found any remedies for this?
> > >
> > > IRC is the first service I noticed with this problem not sure if I will
> > > have more.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jim
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