Here is an easy way to make use of IPv4 GRE tunnels in Ubuntu, or any other Debian based distro. You will need to edit /etc/network/interfaces. Here is a template with the information you will need to add: auto tun1 iface tun1 inet static address <tunnel IP> netmask <tunnel subnet mask> pre-up iptunnel add tun1 mode…
Tag: Router
How to Disable SIP ALG on a Thompson Router
SIP ALG is used to try and avoid configuring Static NAT on a router. Its implementation, however, varies from one router to another, often making it difficult to inter-operate a router with SIP ALG enabled with a PBX. In general, you would want to disable SIP ALG and configure one to one port mapping on…
Vyatta CLI commands reference guide…
Below I list a CLI Command reference for the Vyatta Router. # Configure Interfaces configure set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcp set interfaces ethernet eth0 description “Internet-Connection” set interfaces ethernet eth1 address 192.168.1.1/24 set interfaces ethernet eth1 description “LAN-Connection” commit save # Configure DHCP configure set service dhcp-server set service dhcp-server shared-network-name LAN-01 set service dhcp-server shared-network-name LAN-01 subnet…
Simple and Basic Config to get Vyatta working…
Recently i have been looking at loads of opensource routers, Such as M0n0wall, Smoothwall, PFsense, etc. Then i came acros Vyatta (http://www.vyatta.org) Vyatta comes in two flavours, subscription and Core. The subscription version has loads more features like a GUI, however the Opensource version Core, just has a CLI with pretty much the same feature…
m0n0wall 1.33 released
There are ready-made binary images for embedded computers from Soekris Engineering and PC Engines, a CF/IDE HD image for most standard PCs (other embedded ones may work, too) with either keyboard/monitor or serial console, a CD-ROM (ISO) image for standard PCs, a VMware image, as well as a tarball of the root filesystem. Refer to…
Snapshots of FreeBSD 8.2 based m0n0wall available
Development is currently being done on a FreeBSD 8.2 based version of m0n0wall that brings better support for current hardware (especially new WLAN and Ethernet controllers), as well as massive improvements to the IPv6 support. Snapshots Snapshots are built whenever there is a commit to the repository. The version number format is 1.8.0bXXX, where XXX…
DHCP Relaying over IPSEC with a back end Centos 5.5 server…
Introduction This post is going to be a high level over view of having multiple sites all connecting back to a central office or hosted server in a data center using IPSEC VPN. Before starting make sure you have a IPSEC VPN tunnel up to the office or data center and validate connection both to…
Making a Low cost, high power router/Firewall with m0n0wall…
Every penny counts when you’re deploying networks on a minimal budget. And since I usually use a gateway running m0n0wall running on an SBC (single board computer) like those produced by Soekris or PCEngines WRAP, that £80-170 is a significant chunk of the total network price. So for cost reasons, and to be honest also for the fun of it, I’m exploring using…
DrayTek v3300 LAN High Availability (CARP)…
For the last few years I have been dealing with the Draytek v3300 and wanted to just do a brief write up on the LAN Fail Over abilities of this great device. The Draytek v3300’s High Availabily features enable the LAN to always access the internet and if you have proper external fail over, Internet…
How to load m0n0wall onto a WatchGuard Firebox x500, x700, x1000, x2500
CAUTION! The power supply in the Firebox x series is exposed when the firebox cover is removed DO NOT apply AC power to the firebox while the cover is off or you will be in risk of electrical shock! Make sure to remove the AC power cord and wait for 30 min before opening…