Smoothwall help please!

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Hi All,

I am trying out smoothwall to monitor our small network and control our insane bandwidth usage however i am a complete n00b at this so i really need some help.

Basically i have the PC now loaded with smoothwall and can access ti via web browser on my workstation.

I also have a netgear router and 16 port switch and then say 13 pc's

What i want to do is have the router, smoothwall pc and all other pc's connected to the 16 port switch.

then from there control it so that everything has to go through the smoothwall pc.

then from there be able to monitor the network, block certain sites for certain users, see their bandwidth usage etc.

I am so lost though it is scary, anyone that can please help will be appreciated.

Thanks
D3x!
 
OOK?

:p

Heh, here's help.

Your layout should be thus :

Internet <--> Router <--> Smoothwall <--> Switch <--> Rest of network
 
The_Librarian said:
OOK?

:p

Heh, here's help.

Your layout should be thus :

Internet <--> Router <--> Smoothwall <--> Switch <--> Rest of network
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yeah that is what i thought but how do you connect the router and the switch to the PC, suppose i will have to get a second network card? no way of connecting both to the switch?
 
D3x! said:
yeah that is what i thought but how do you connect the router and the switch to the PC, suppose i will have to get a second network card? no way of connecting both to the switch?
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Easiest and safest is two network cards.

One network card is very iffy, is not supported, but is possible.

However, I would suggest you get a second NIC (being the n00b you are ;) )
 
The_Librarian said:
Monitoring sites :

I use SARG (Squid Analysis Report Generator) to see who's been where, and for how long, and data usage for that specific site.

http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=25013
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The_Librarian said:
Blocking sites / site filtering :

Advanced Web Proxy : http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=31504

URL Filter : http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=28594
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The_Librarian said:
See a graphical breakdown of bandwidth consumed : http://community.smoothwall.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=31111
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ok so i need to load extra modules to do those functions?

The_Librarian said:
Easiest and safest is two network cards.

One network card is very iffy, is not supported, but is possible.

However, I would suggest you get a second NIC (being the n00b you are ;) )
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damn, ok will have to get one, also will i then need to reinstall?
 
D3x! said:
Also when insttalling i must then choose green + red?
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Yes.

All you need to do is, power the PC off, remove the power, plug the new NIC in, start it up, log in as root, and run setup again.

No need for a reinstall.

Usually the GREEN NIC is the one closest to the CPU (with a multi-NIC setup)... but YMMV.
 
As for mod installation - you just download the mod and install it on your Smoothwall. There is no other mod required. If a mod require something extra, it will download and install it automatically.
 
Yeah no, both garbage. Just download IPfire, all nic's supported and piece of cake to setup.
 
Grep said:
Yeah no, both garbage. Just download IPfire, all nic's supported and piece of cake to setup.
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Dammit now I have to reload all over to see, you reckon it is good?

Will I be able to block sites/keywords?
Monitor bandwidth and activity by ip?
 
D3x! said:
omg i cant even get it to connect on winSCP to install SARG, wtf
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By default winscp and putty uses port 22.

Smoothwall's SSH daemon listens on port 222, use that instead. It is a security measure to stop script kiddiots from hammering away at port 22....
 
The_Librarian said:
By default winscp and putty uses port 22.

Smoothwall's SSH daemon listens on port 222, use that instead. It is a security measure to stop script kiddiots from hammering away at port 22....
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I have tried utangle instead, for a noob like me the interface is much easier IMO but still missing some aspects of what I want :(
 
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