Configure a router on FreeBSD using IPFW at HackITLinux

1. Install FreeBSD(If u need help installing, Click here 2. Compile kernel with aditional options for ipfw router: 3. execute at prompt: #cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf #cp GENERIC ROUTER #edit ROUTER 4. ---- add in file ROUTER, at the end the following lines ---------- options IPDIVERT options IPFIREWALL options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE options IPFIREWALL_FORWARD options DUMMYNET options HZ=1000 ---- end of file router 5. execute at prompt: # config ROUTER # cd ../compile/ROUTER #make depend #make #make install 6. ---- edit /etc/rc.conf ---------------------------------------------------- defaultrouter="86.124.80.1" gateway_enable="YES" hostname="router" ifconfig_fxp0="inet 83.123.213.23 netmask 255.255.255.252" ifconfig_fxp1="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" sshd_enable="YES" natd_enable="YES" natd_flags="" named_enable="YES" natd_interface="fxp0" firewall_enable="YES" firewall_quiet="NO" firewall_script="/etc/router.firewall" firewall_logging="YES" inetd_enable="YES" kern_securelevel_enable="NO" ---- end of rc.conf 7. ---- edit [...] Read More


Turn Your $60 Router To a $600 Router at HackITLinux

It's easy. It's free. You can boost your wireless signal and throttle your bandwidth, and if you somehow mess up and brick your router, you can recover everything. This is a great hack, but unfortunately, it only works for Lynksys router, though it is worth it to return your old router and by a Lynksys. What you'll need: 1. One of the supported routers. 2. The generic DD-WRT v23 SP1 mini firmware [...] Read More


Linux-based Router Part 2 at HackITLinux

In my Quest for the best Linux-based firmware for my broadband router, I checked out OpenWRT. I downloaded the latest version, WhiteRussian RC6 with PPPoE. Flashing the router with a new firmware is straightforward and down right easy. However, making it work on my router is a different matter. The router rebooted just fine and I could access and configure it. When it was time to deploy it, it just [...] Read More


Quick installation D-Link router at Tech Without Wires

Up to now, I have shied away from installing Internet telephones. Sure I have downloaded and installed Skype, just as a software telephone. No one can call me unless I am actually running the phone which is not often. I have just found Skype not easy to use because I have to do too much work to make a call, and I am not sure people who would call me [...] Read More


D-Link DSL-924 54Mbps ADSL Wireless Router Starter Kit at Tech Without Wires

In this series of posts concerning hardware you might purchase to start a home/office wireless network we come to the last device which is a great way to start a home/office wireless network. This recommended device, the "D-Link DSL-924 54Mbps ADSL Wireless Router Starter Kit" is a ADSL modem, plus router and includes a USB dongle to wireless-network-enable a PC or a laptop. The DLINK device under discussion here is an easy [...] Read More