IBurst with Smoothwall

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JET@WORK

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Hi guys... has any of you used smoothwall with Iburst... I am an average technical guy ready for any challege and My friend Introduced me to Smoothwall... with quick scanning of the usermanual I able to setup two computer to use the net... all seemed fine Until I noticed that I could not access some of the more secure sites like banks and stuff. Was this due to my setting as all I mainly did was set up the PPPoE on the network page. I was not that much happy with the speeds so I dont know if I should blame Iburst or My configuration. the smoothwall pc is a 300mhz 128mg and 1.5gb. and Is there a substitute for smoothwall out there..... :confused:
 
I used Smoothwall Express 2 with iBurst quite successfully, and now I am using the very same SWE2 installation with ADSL - just changed PPPoE username & password from what it was for iBurst.

There is a bunch of stuff in a thread somewhere in the iBurst forum about SWE2, but it sounds like you have it installed & setup already, so you probably don't need to read that thread...

About not being able to access some secure sites [https], SWE2 does appear to choose an optimal MTU - mine was always 1432, what MTU is your SWE2 using?
 
Force the MTU to 1352 <cringes for fear of tomatoe pelting>, might solve the problem.
 
THanks for the replies, Where do I find the Mtu settings for the smoothwall Machine, I currently removed SW and tried ubuntu but failed in my five attempts of installations. I will be installing SW later today and I hope to keep it that way. I heard that they have discontinued Updating SW, How True is this?
 
If you want to change rp-pppoe's default mtu open /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf, scroll down to the bottom and find the following line:
PPPD_EXTRA=""
change it to
PPPD_EXTRA="mtu 1352"
restart rp-pppoe the next time you connect the mtu will default to 1352.
 
JET@WORK said:
THanks for the replies, Where do I find the Mtu settings for the smoothwall Machine, I currently removed SW and tried ubuntu but failed in my five attempts of installations. I will be installing SW later today and I hope to keep it that way. I heard that they have discontinued Updating SW, How True is this?
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That's from before SWE2 - SW have a commercial product, and after much protest released SWE2 which is updated, but more so by the community that actually use SWE2.

You can also try IPCop.org - an offshoot of SW from before the time of SWE2, and as a result of the discontinuation saga.

About forcing MTU, you would have to shell into your SWE2, and 'ifconfig'.

Where to find your current MTU in SWE2:
Go here...
Scroll down here...
 
Its Me Again....Stuck.... I cant seem to get to the part where I change My mtu settings... I can see my mtu its 1500 but that is as far as I can get... I cant seem to get to the "/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf" Part... do I do this on My pc cause the smoothwall command prompt cannot access the folder...
 
JET@WORK said:
Its Me Again....Stuck.... I cant seem to get to the part where I change My mtu settings... I can see my mtu its 1500 but that is as far as I can get... I cant seem to get to the "/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf" Part... do I do this on My pc cause the smoothwall command prompt cannot access the folder...
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The mtu you are seeing is probably the one set for the network cards rather than the ppp connetion. You also need to be root to access /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf. Unfortunately I have never used smoothwall. I opted for iptables :(
 
I started with smoothwall, but moved fairly quickly to ipcop as I found it worked better for me with Iburst. I've also found it easier to tweak.
 
Guess What the people... I have been connected for 12H 13m 50s and still going strong... Earlier yesterday I got download speeds of between 80 - 100 kbps. I found the way to change my mtu and this is the easiest way:

Log in as root and:
ifconfig eth(RED) mtu (your optimum MTU)

Example:
ifconfig eth2 mtu 1428

Replacing (eth2) with your adapter and (1428) with your desired mtu


THanks to the People!!!!!!!!!!
 
JET@WORK said:
Log in as root and:
ifconfig eth(RED) mtu (your optimum MTU)
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Just remember to do it again when you reboot smoothwall - that's why you probably want to put it in a startup script...
 
using smoothie as pppoe dialer with Iburst

Hi guys.You seem to have cracked the problem of connecting smoothwall directly to the Iburst modem.
I get PPPD CONNECT PPP0 <---> /DEV/TTYP1
PPPOE READ (ASYNCrEADFROMPPPP) SESSION 122 iNPUT/OUTPUR ERRROR

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS

regards

C
 
Hi guys

Does anybody have a walkthrough on how to connect Smoothwall to an iBurst modem?

I will appreciate it if you can post the links here.

Kind regards

Unbeliever
 
Can one connect iBurst to a Smoothwall enabled PC using the USB connection?
 
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