Hi everyone,
I have a (hopefully!) simple Astaro setup question. Can you please help an Astaro neophyte?
We have a combined internet/telephone/ip television network that relies on a specific dsl modem/router unit to work, and the firmware of which is written so that DHCP on it cannot be turned off. It's not even an option in the advanced configuration options. (maybe to work with the IPTV part of it, I'm not too sure)
I have been using an Untangle setup in transparent bridge mode between the modem/router unit and the internal network switch. This has been working just fine, but it seems the Astaro software is more powerful with dual antivirus capability, https proxying, etc. so I have built up an Astaro box (P4-2Ghz/1.5 Gb RAM/two 3com 10/100 nics) to try it out on.
I'd like to set up Astaro the same way as the Untangle if that's possible. I have read all through the forums, followed the threads forwards and back and maybe have just got myself turned all around, but in any case I can't seem to get it to work.
I have two 3com nics bridged with one IP, and a packet filter rule set as bridge>any>any>all. (I see some people ask for a 3rd nic as a management port. I could install one if that would help or simplify this - would it?)
If I plug the Astaro unit into my switch I can log onto it, etc. When I insert it after the router and before the switch I can still log onto it, etc. but get no internet traffic through it.
I also tried setting a net MASQ rule and that didn't help.
I hope there is a simple way to do what I'm trying here - if so can anyone give me a quick explanation? or pointer to an explanation somewhere?
A thousand thanks in advance for any help!
Fusion
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