Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 18:23:36 -0700 (PDT) From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Leonardo_M=2E_Ram=E9?= <martinrame@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeBSD Message-ID: <815771.25520.qm@web113506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4DC345D2.4050806@radel.com>
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--- On Thu, 5/5/11, Jon Radel <jon@radel.com> wrote:=0A=0A> From: Jon Radel= <jon@radel.com>=0A> Subject: Re: Home firewall with DLink router and FreeB= SD=0A> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=0A> Date: Thursday, May 5, 2011, 9= :50 PM=0A> =0A> On 5/5/11 8:37 PM, Leonardo M. Ram=E9 wrote:=0A> > =0A> > H= i, at home I have a DLink Dir 300 router to provide=0A> internet access for= my home network. The network is composed=0A> by two Windows PCs, one Linux= laptop and one FreeBSD server=0A> we use mainly for storage and as web/dat= abase server.=0A> > =0A> > I must add, the server only have one network car= d.=0A> =0A> It becomes difficult to use a server as a firewall unless=0A> y= ou have an "inside" and an "outside" network.=A0 Easiest=0A> is to simply a= dd another network card, should that be=0A> possible on your server.=A0 Ano= ther possibility is to use=0A> VLAN taggging and connect the server to a sw= itch that=0A> understands VLANs.=0A> =0A> > =0A> > I would like to know if = its possible to use the=0A> FreeBSD server as a Firewall for the whole netw= ork, securing=0A> LAN and WiFi connections. If this can be done, then how?= =0A> could you point me to some howto?.=0A> > =0A> =0A> Yes.=A0 I'd start o= n the FreeBSD website and start=0A> reading things that look useful.=A0 If = you're thinking=0A> about using pf as your firewall, which I'd personally= =0A> recommend though other options are perfectly workable also,=0A> there'= s a nice document on the OpenBSD web site, IIRC.=0A> =0A=0AThanks, I think = I better add a 2nd network card, as Daniel suggested. Then I'll try this ag= ain.=0A=0ALeonardo M. Ram=E9=0Ahttp://leonardorame.blogspot.com
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