Robert Moskowitz wrote: > qsm wrote: >> maybe shorewall can do your live so easy..... > It does not support the rtl8150 chipset. That is what the I have in > the way of USB ethernet dongles. > > Which is another reason to go with a Centos based solution when you > need to put something up as you go. Which is how I have shorewall/shoreline working . . . . [tkb at nutube ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) [tkb at nutube ~]$ rpm -qi shorewall Name : shorewall Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 4.0.2 Vendor: Invoca Systems Release : 3 Build Date: Mon Aug 20 09:03:41 2007 Install Date: Mon Aug 20 09:05:25 2007 Build Host: nutube Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: shorewall-4.0.2-3.src.rpm Size : 483558 License: GPL Signature : (none) Packager : Simon Matter <simon.matter at invoca.ch> URL : http://www.shorewall.net/ Summary : Shoreline Firewall is an iptables-based firewall for Linux systems Description : The Shoreline Firewall, more commonly known as "Shorewall", is a Netfilter (iptables) based firewall that can be used on a dedicated firewall system, a multi-function gateway/router/server or on a standalone GNU/Linux system. Shorewall offers two alternative firewall compilers, shorewall-perl and shorewall-shell. The shorewall-perl compiler is suggested for new installed systems and shorewall-shell is provided for backwards compability and smooth legacy system upgrades because shorewall perl is not fully compatible with all legacy configurations. -- Toby Bluhm Alltech Medical Systems America, Inc. 30825 Aurora Road Suite 100 Solon Ohio 44139 440-424-2240