On 02/25/2013 09:50 AM, Ruth Ivimey-Cook wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I'm thinking about setting my modem in bridge mode to enable access to 
> the other IP addresses in my block and I would appreciate some pointers 
> : though I have looked around it's confusing me.
> 
> The short version:
> 
>   - switching modem to bridging mode means losing its NAT: how to 
> replicate, preferably transparently c.f. present setup?
>   - bridging also means losing PPP authentication: does the linux PPPoE 
> daemon interact at all with Shorewall?
>   - how to enable access and control of the "other" IPs through 
> shorewall: linux virtual net interfaces and new "interfaces"?
>   - adding in a wifi card as an access point to the config: just a new 
> "interface" if IP addresses the same?
> 
> The detail:
> 
> At present the modem is running in basic (1 IP) + NAT with a single net 
> wire to the main internet server/firewall - which is of course using 
> Shorewall as well as email and web servers. I'm hoping for some pointers 
> as my hesitancy is because it's a server several others depend on and I 
> seem to have no choice but to take it down while this happens... so I 
> want to get it right first time :-)
> 
> My shorewall is based on Ubuntu Linux 12.1 with Shorewall 4.4.26.1. I 
> can supply specifics of the rules, conf, etc if that helps:
> 
> "interfaces":  "net" == "eth1" and "loc" == "eth2" ; I also have an 
> "eth3" which is a wifi card I hope to set up sometime to replace a 
> separate wifi router...
> "policy": Standard sorts of things. Default reject
> "rules": Various additional macros, a couple of "blacklist" hosts, but 
> again "normal"
> "Shorewall.conf": largely default.
> "zones": fw == firewall, net = ipv4, loc = ipv4
> 
> I think I have to add an entry to "masq" like this to enable NAT, where 
> the first IP is my internal net block and the second is my main internet IP:
> eth2           192.168.2.0/24          82.62.47.198
> 
> Is that all I need to do to emulate what my modem's NAT is doing now?

Should be.
> 
> My ISP says that traffic to my other IPs is sent to the .198 address as 
> a kind of "default gateway", so a client talking to a server running on 
> 82.62.47.195 will still end up being sent through the .198 address ... 
> confusing to me anyway... so:
> 
> ...to use my multiple IPs I guess I need more zones and then use those 
> zones in additional policies / rules? At present, the additional IPs 
> will be given specific purposes and probably won't leave the internet 
> server host; I guess I need to set up some virtual interfaces somewhere? 
> Any hints?

How are you using them now? Once we know that, we will be able to advise
you.

> 
> I believe I have to enable the pppoe daemon on the server to dial/redial 
> the ISP as required. Is that done without regards to any shorewall 
> config, or do I have to tell shorewall about it in some way?

Your 'net' interface will be ppp0. You should really review
http://www.shorewall.net/two-interface.htm again; it talks about PPP.

> 
> Lastly, the eth3/wifi link is supposed to be so I can monitor/secure 
> wifi connections separately from the wired ones. Does that complicate 
> the setup or just add a new "interface"? I would like to be able to use 
> the same IP addresses over WiFi, so shorewall will just be saying (if 
> comes from/to eth3 then apply rules X else if eth2 then rules Y) - at 
> least that's my hope.

The above article also discusses the addition of a wireless segment.

-Tom
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