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Finally i have my astaro box

Hello all after month and month of wait i buit my astaro box.

I got a fanless computer like a huge piece of aluminium and i just throw a ay some useless stuff and added a silent fan to cool down this aluminium bloc.

I did the usb installation which worked perfectly.

Now i have some questions cause i'm more a system guy and absolutely not a network guy ;-)

- as i saw on the forum dns is working if you enter static entries, yeah but i have the same problem as some others : nslookup works but not ping if someone have a link i will apreciate.

- i don't know where to start for firewall rules and security stuff.

- i have few soft that need ports to be open, i saw steam is ok on the forum, i saw skype is working but in a strange way if someone can explain, and i'm using mobilme on different device i saw it was a nightmare to set up is it true ?

- regarding proxy set up i will work on that after cause no hurry.

- can i block my network access to only specified mac address ?

Actually i don't have internet i have a huge isp problem so i'm using my iphone to read the forum ... Not really easy.

If some person can help i will really apreciate.

Th by advance
Flo

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0 Scott_Klassen over 14 years ago

nslookup works but not ping if someone have a link i will apreciate.
In WebAdmin>>Network Security>>Firewall or Packet Filter (depending on the version you are running)>>ICMP Tab.  This is where you can enable ping.

i don't know where to start for firewall rules and security stuff.
Best practice is to only open necessary ports.  For a typical beginning home user, a good starting point for a rule is Internal (Network)-Any-Any.  If you want more details, please be more specific.  Also, look in the in-line help within WebAdmin....it's the blue question mark button in the upper right.

i have few soft that need ports to be open, i saw steam is ok on the forum, i saw skype is working but in a strange way if someone can explain, and i'm using mobilme on different device i saw it was a nightmare to set up is it true ?
Easiest way to setup skype is by using the SOCKS5 proxy.  Nothing strange about that.  There's a good thread at https://community.sophos.com/products/unified-threat-management/astaroorg/f/55/t/45070 for exceptions needed for common home use apps.

can i block my network access to only specified mac address
Nope, but you can block accesses based on IP, network, or even country.
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0 Scott_Klassen over 14 years ago

nslookup works but not ping if someone have a link i will apreciate.
In WebAdmin>>Network Security>>Firewall or Packet Filter (depending on the version you are running)>>ICMP Tab.  This is where you can enable ping.

i don't know where to start for firewall rules and security stuff.
Best practice is to only open necessary ports.  For a typical beginning home user, a good starting point for a rule is Internal (Network)-Any-Any.  If you want more details, please be more specific.  Also, look in the in-line help within WebAdmin....it's the blue question mark button in the upper right.

i have few soft that need ports to be open, i saw steam is ok on the forum, i saw skype is working but in a strange way if someone can explain, and i'm using mobilme on different device i saw it was a nightmare to set up is it true ?
Easiest way to setup skype is by using the SOCKS5 proxy.  Nothing strange about that.  There's a good thread at https://community.sophos.com/products/unified-threat-management/astaroorg/f/55/t/45070 for exceptions needed for common home use apps.

can i block my network access to only specified mac address
Nope, but you can block accesses based on IP, network, or even country.
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