On 2006-12-24, mleo2003 <mleo2003@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm setting up a trio of old computers in my house to act as internal
> servers for various purposes, and was wondering what advice some of the
> veteran people here could give me. So far, here's how I want it to end
> **SNIPPED**
> So mainly, I need help with setting up Box 1, and making sure it can
> send the appropriate stuff to Box 2 & 3, although any and all help
> regarding any part of my setup will be greatly appreciated. I may one
> day add in a mythTV server to the mix to record stuff for me, if I can
> find another box and get the right components for it. Thank you in
> advance for any and all help.


What you're wanting to set up is very similar to what I *have* set up
here at home right now. Since you indicate in a later post that you
want this to be a learning experience, I'm going to refer you to the
following:
http://iptables.rlworkman.net <-- mirror of Oskar Andreasson's
tutorial on netfilter/iptables. This is a good read. He offers
it in a printed book format if you prefer dead-tree versions of
things (I do, so that's understandable). Also, I can give a good
recommendation to Robert Zeigler's "Linux Firewalls" book - you
should be able to find it on Amazon.com for a reasonable price.
http://rlworkman.net/linux/conf/ - I have my gateway's rc.firewall
script (firewall/rc.firewall.alamo) there, as well as the bind
config files and dhcpd.conf file used in my home network. I only
post those because I've found that it's often easier to understand
things if you can also see some working examples of concepts as you
read about them. As always, though, your mileage may vary.

Good luck with it and happy holidays!

RW (robw810)

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