On Monday 22 March 2004 17:15, Joe Fitzsimons wrote:
> > I have a small company here in Longford connected to Eircom DSL via a
> > netopia device.
> >
> > I have configured a smoothwall firewall in between there LAN and the
> > modem.
> >
> > If I nmap the external IP I dont see anything in the logs of the
> > smoothwall box. Will I only see activity if there is a pin hole open
> > between the netopia device and firewall?
>> The netopia is a router and has nat setup by default. Unless you get
> through nat using loose source routing or something, the nmap scan will
> never make it to the firewall. If you're using pinholes then only hits to
> those ports will show up in the logs.
>> Joe
Was thinking along those lines alright.
so is it a case of disabling NAT and allowing the smoothwall box handle it?
The smoothwall box is the only bit of hardware connected directly to the
router.
Or is there more to it.
Jason
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