I wanna introduce Ipcop/Smoothwall since there's really no thread dedicated to this piece of powerful free yet router software.

Why buy an expensive router, when you can make it your by your own with an old computer.


Smoothwall m0n0wall
Ip-cop ClarkConnect Pfsense

important tools: Putty WinSCP
To use above tool, u need to enable SSH port. In ipcop u can find that feature SYSTEM>SSH ACCESS: TICK [SSH ACCESS]

It is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system.
Well then, You can do anything to it. There're many addons for it. Qos, p2p blocker, traffic shaping, even load balancing(still in early stage), antivirus, most importantly a really powerful firewall.

I'm using ipcop. It contains almost all the important features from Smoothwall.

I can see beautiful traffic graphs


Layer7 blocker is an addon worth mentioning. It blocks connection based on protocol. Bt, emule, kazaa for example.

Ipcop even allow battlenet user to host and play with LAN users.
Pretty good feature i say, for those Dota kakis who is having trouble hosting and playing housemate in our very own battlenet private server, blue-server.

All you need to do is do some tricks on the host file.

i've written a step-by-step tutorial for it at HERE


*this thread is to help ppl understand more abt linux networking, firewall and help ppl who has trouble installing it or to host a game in battlennet and ur lan frens can join. lol

This post has been edited by syyang85: Mar 28 2007, 05:06 AM

hi there. it could be more useful if u post this under the "linux and open source software" thread. i bet that more people will learn from this. keep up the good work then!

Hmm..Well, since there's a dlink DSL-500T club thread. I've might as well make a DIY router thread. =D

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 30 2006, 03:12 AM

thats even better

ipcop is freaking good ... but u might can even try ClarkConnect (community edition) but i have 1 problem... how to integrate wireless in these things?

self build routers are so damn good, it never hangs and stuff (as becoz the hardware itself already surpassed all those routers in the market (im talking bout home use routers, not commercial )) but the problem is the box is too big ...

tried finding some minibox, nanobox, wrapbox in the net. but they are too expensive, added with shipping is totally unacceptable ... sob sob ... guess this kind of trend not yet heat up in malaysia

This post has been edited by Christopher_LKL: Oct 27 2006, 09:33 AM

al these for linux only ? are these programs available for windows ?? I m linux n00b I having hard time to linux , I don't even know how to install stuff , those command are too

Mostly thr are based on UNIX, Linux is just a branch from the UNIX family. Other firewall distribution such as m0n0wall and Pfsense are based on BSD which is a branch from the UNIX family too. I'm just learn learning Linux too. Actually its fairly easy to install ipcop. And i've written a step-by-step installation tutorial in my blog. The link is at my 1st post. If u read my tutorial, you'll find out that u dont even need to write and commands. its all in GUI mode. Even grandmas knows how to install. =D

Lol, actually i wanted to try clarkconnect out. But i ran out of cds!! I hav used up my cd burning smoothwall 2 and 3, pfsense, m0n0wall and ipcop. ClarkConnect is really more user friendly. As for ur question, Im not familiar in tat range. AFAIK thrs little support for wireless adapter, most of it are PCI based. I only hav usb wireless adapter. So, too bad. Cant try it out. Or for ease of sake, just plug in a wireless router? That wud do the job fairly easy.

Yeah.. My linux box is damn large and heavy. =D but it's powered with Celeron 333Mhz , 4Gb HDD and 128mb RAM. Any commercial router out thr with such spec? lol. you know, D-link dsl-500t is based on busybox.

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 27 2006, 02:12 PM

Finally somebody is in with this DIY router

I'm in the planning to built a router running Mikrotik to do multi wan load balancing. Should read up on Mikrotik as well, very very very strong and stable RouterOS Web based configuration and managing

Heck even a pentium running edo ram is suffecient for these kinda system.

i've tried Smoothwall, IPCop, ClarkConnect (CE) and SME Server 7 for my router-wannabe and finally settled for ClarkConnect for now.

My purpose is an all-in-one firewall, router, webserver and fileserver. I would've used ipcop for it (due to its great gui, managing and logging function), except that in the end i realized it is intended solely for firewall+routing solution. If you decided to host a webpage or samba-ing, it's better to go for all-in-one like clarkconnect and sme server - because it's meant to be that way - an all-in-one, where as ipcop/smoothwall/monowall is dedicated for firewall/routing (i break my ipcop once when i tried to make it a torrent server + webserver - done a lot of compiling and then it starts to act funny) linux n00b

so far, having a dedicated pc router is great, except for the electric bills your linux have to run 24hrs and with all the clients running too, it just adds up to the bills (+1 pc) anyway, i would rather have this than the router+modem combo im having (aztech 600eu).. more than 400 connection and it will hang, need to reboot modem and after 12hrs reboot again well not with this beast, 6k connection currently and it didn't give a damn add that with a web proxy function, intrusion detection system, system statistics, mailserver, QoS and webserver = win.

just remember though, if u are concerned about security and at the same time want to have all this webserver/mailserver/any service that needs incoming connection, better to add another server like this


Currently my clarkconnect box serves as a torrent server, video/mp3 encoder and fileserver for my network. Still trying to find a better bt client for linux other than torrentflux i can't afford to install azureus in my server with 128mb ram

I think this topic should be about discussing about dedicated pc running as a router/firewall/server for home network. What u say?

And one more thing, if you are just running one or two pc in your network, i think it's better to just use the router modem combo.. not much processing power needed, unless both of the pc is used heavily for bt/internet/server function.

p/s: oh, n for those of u who are afraid with linux - relax~ before this i also know nothing, but now know how to configure, make and make install it's easy unless you decided to add something up to the default installation. and even when you decided to do so, it's still not that hard. google is your friend

This post has been edited by angeldothack: Oct 27 2006, 10:18 PM

Angeldothack:

Yeah, looks like we all here have some common interest. cheers~ I've change the thread title to DIY router. =D So that we can discuss all of those wonderful DIY routers. I can't agree with you more. It's the problem with the commercial routers out there is lack of support and function. And routers with more function costs more~ talk abt money for value.
I've used ZTE, Aztech, and Dlink too. They cant really handle too many connections. They'll just hang after hours of mass p2p dl-ing. Sucks really.

have you tried installing copfilter in ur ipcop box? it's a great addition, in a way it includes ClamAv antivirus that integrates with the built-in squid proxy (i used advproxy - more options than the default one) i've also tried doing a sigx script that can be cron'd (if u felt like showing off your ipcop box) but too bad i didn't save it >.<

after I read yr blog , I start to be interested liao. Err ... This works like an OS right ? I just straight boot the cd then install.

thanks for sharing

I download first , next week I going to try this when I am free

ok ... I have tried is quite simple to install. I manage to make my DHCP server working , other are quite normal. I still can't manage to use PPPoE because I dont have another nic which compatible with this. I have another DLink network card extra , can some1 please tell me how to install the driver for that card ? The driver does include in IPCop cd LOL I going to blame u for giving me this panda eyes now I didn't sleep just to play around with this

This post has been edited by wilson88: Oct 28 2006, 02:46 AM

Lol. Tangan gatal already. Nop, u do not need to install any drivers for it. It recognizes almost all the chipsets used in the network adapter in the market. So, no worries. I'm using Zyxel and Dlink NIC. Both detected using Realtek chipset.

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 28 2006, 02:50 AM

The problem my crappy D-Link NIC is not using REALTEK chipset

damn !@#@!#!@$!@#!@#!# it is not in the compatible list too.

I am getting desperate for another NIC liao !! Tempted to open [WTB] NIC at garage sales liao

Curst D-Link I haet D-Link I hate my stupid D-Link 500G , and I hate the stupid NIC too .

Does this works with any router?

My 'router' also use D-Link card (2 of them), and both of them detected as realtek8139

boblp: i think it will work with any router that have rj-45 port. heck, u didn't even need any router anyway, since your server will be your router. the only thing needed is an adsl modem, switch and a pc with a network card (x2)

Thats strange, im using dlink DFE-528TX NIC, its detected. Did u probe it properly? just follow my steps. Dun worry. Patience is a virtue.

Yeap. Works with any modem, modem/router but not router only. Since, this linux box only do the dialing and routing.Its not a modem, so u still need a modem.

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 28 2006, 12:18 PM

I am using D-Link 530TX hoping I didn't slot properly unto the pci slot. Err ... if I'm not mistaken , I read somewhere in the forum too . Other ppl using the same network card having the same problem

Hmm...from source i found out that dlink DGE 530TX uses Marvell Yukon 88E80xx PCI 10/100/1000Base chipset.
How abt selecting the chipset manually?

This post has been edited by syyang85: Oct 28 2006, 01:00 PM

err ... damn paiseh la I slot again the D-Link NIC , it is working now

hahahahha been cursing D-Link so much , at the end is my own stupidity

err PPPoE is working , err I feel the website load faster than usual. Err coz the router can do the job faster ?

How do I do port forward now ? Sorry for my n00bieness , I've found it

If I am using QoS , I shall allow port 80 to be highest priority right ? Other than that , what port should I put high priority ? I don't play games . Besides HTTP ?? Any ideas ?


I think based on the graph , u can judge what bussiness I'm in now



This post has been edited by wilson88: Oct 28 2006, 02:20 PM

maybe it loads faster because of the webproxy.. do u activate it?

yeah, port 80 high priority, and based on your graph, do u run bt? maybe try to add a rule for that too, lower than the http priority. i think there's also a more advance plugin for QoS available for ipcop.. try look in here http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=144798

clever boy I am heavy BT user

Now no more DC because of router overload , but is my modem to become overload The D-Link 500G overheated if I leave it few hours on for full blast BT guess I need to add some ramsink and put a active fan. So far I am happy with it.

Err any website can teach .. how to .... for ipcop ?

e.g. how to install the addons

something like that

To install stuff u need to use WinSCP and Putty.

eh? can clarkconnect or other software be used as torrent server? something like those synology download server or asus bt router server ...

u can try Torrentflux

here is the guide how to install Torrentflux on ubuntu server

This post has been edited by stealer: Oct 29 2006, 01:05 PM

Where can I find those mini/nano ITX casing?
I wanted to use those router distro for a long time but it is too bulky on my old box.

If i remembered clearly i glance once a mini casing in lowyat b4. Go try your luck

Damn I was about to download ClarkConnect but the community edition doesn't have support for multi-WAN connections, so I'll go for pfSense instead... maybe

Does ClarkConnect has a transparent squid built-in? can I compile custom applications? I hope it allows me to bind with another ethernet interface & manually divert high bandwidth connections to another gateway.

like stealer said, u can use torrentflux. and torrentflux b4rt - a torrentflux client that has been modified/enhanced. i tried both and it's good, but i think better stick to the original client (torrentflux) and plugged-in what you wants. depends on you

for me, i use mldonkey. a multi-client (bt, emule, overnet, gnutella, http download). compile and left running in my cc box, then install sancho in my winxp machine and managed everything from there. there's also a webgui administration builtin for mldonkey.

transparent squid - yes. with statistics and dans guardian for content filtering.

compile custom application - yes, but need to install a development package (gcc and kernel sourcecode if you need it. easily install and removed - not advised to keep any development package in there..)

bind with another eth interface - ..? sorry, i'm not that good with networking stuff. but u can specify what the eth role, and what it's function. anyway, if the builtin webgui doesn't satisfy you (very basic function), you can install webmin (custom for cc, just use apt-get install)for advance administration

Err can I know what is torrentflux for ? n00b here

like stealer has pointed out,
basically, it's one of those other torrent client like azureus, bitcomet, utorrent, abc, etc~. it's main 'engine' is using bittornado (the b4rt edition also supports transmission - another CLI bt client).

now, it's different from other client, in a way it have a web interface. what is web interface? if you use azureus, or utorrent, u must've heard of WebUI. It's one of the method of download/managing the torrents from your web browser. The only times you want to do this (control the torrent from a web browser) is when you aren't in front of the PC. let's say you are at the office, working.. and you realized that the latest naruto episode has been released. your pc is switched on, in your home - downloading other files.. but you want this naruto episode finished downloading (theorically) when you got back from work. now this is when the WebUI (or web interface, or web component.. whatever you name it) kicks in.

You open your browser, type your no-ip/dyndns address (for your pc), specifying what ports is opened for the 'remote' controlling, and it will loads your bt client - in the browser. you just put the bt links in here, and it will get the torrent file and it will start downloading and finish by the time you back from work (i hope )

ok you can all flame me now, better we use VNC

this is for casual users.. now we, are a member of DIY router. we need to make use of our router! rather than have 4 pc running at the same time, BT'ing, online 24hrs to finished downloading - we make our router do all the dirty works, successfully reducing uptime (and electricity cost) of each client, easy bandwidth management (1pc to throttle), easier port-forward rules, and minimizing 'duplicate' torrent problem - in other words centralized. and i love a centralized place to do everything

unfortunately, there's no linux client that supports all the advance stuff in bt like protocol encryption and dht - and have a WebUI, except for azureus. and being me, i didn't really like java stuff.. and my cc box aren't really that 'powerful'. so i just stick with other clients for this time being..

This post has been edited by angeldothack: Oct 29 2006, 11:35 PM

what i mean is I wanted to make it capable of handling multi WAN connections even though the community version doesnt have or allow that feature enabled.

Wow yr explanation is long , but I understand liao Thanks.

what u all recommend to cool my Modem ? when I running BT with IPcop , my modem will overheated it is even hotter than my laptop adapter

I should put a active 92mm fan below or add ramsinks ?

what modem you are using? and before this does it overheated too, when you just using the modem and no ipcop? does it hang, or you felt that it just hotter than before

using my stupid D-Link 500G it goes hotter than before with ipcop.

maybe my BT tooo hiong liao

It really burn yr hand when u put yr palm on top of it

This routermodem really if u in routing mode , on BT . DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC DC & DC

Great Job D-Link

LOL I am tempted to get a termometer to see how far the temp go

hmm, don't know much about that modem.. but as for mine, it is more stable since all the routing is done in the cc box. the modem just for connections (bridging), and so far it works great. maybe need to tweak some more..? for the modem settings i guess

I'm very interested in this.. I just happen to have a very old computer

Pentium 1
32mb of ram
2gb hd

I wonder will it enough for IP-Cop?
I'm a noob in this.

why not It shouldnt be a problem at all

any option for "chillispot" or other hotspot management system?

I dont see a built-in hotspot management system for clarkconnect, guess you need to install it manually.


Is it possible to route transparent squid traffics binded on a virtual IP to another gateway? or better, route transparent squid traffics to another gateway without virtual IP (so I spend less time with the configurations). If yes then I'm gonna hook my new box to the "real" world tomorrow

This post has been edited by strace: Nov 2 2006, 03:46 AM

Mikrotik can do that as well but you have to buy the license

just curious , is there anyway for computer to be a modem ?

since computer can be a router , I am wondering can it be modem too ?? HAHAHA I know is a stupid question , forgive my noob-ness

buy an internal modem?

lol , I was thinking any chance those 56k internal modem can convert it into ADSL modem Lame question anyway

Nope you can't do that but there is a ADSL modem PCI adapter. There is no guarentee if kernel can detect teh devices or not

most interested to know more about load balancing options,
hv any links to point to for reference, 3 NIC, 2 broadband links?

Sorry, i'm pretty outdated with current software trends for router. What is the relations between virtual IP and squid ? Do you mean:


For a) it's quite obvious, you'll need to set router as gateway for squid proxy.
In b) case, you'll need NAT.
For Linux with iptables, see:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/TransparentProxy-6.html#ss6.2

Mind you that load sharing for internet is not perfect. The correct implementation requires you to install load-balancer at the both side, and not CPE side only. Eg:

This way, you'll be guaranteed to get bandwidth of WAN1 + WAN2. But, if you install the load-balancer for CPE side only, most likely you'll never get the speed of WAN1+WAN2. (An analogy is single-core vs dual-core CPU, you'll not get 4GHz CPU if you get 2GHz dual-core). Also there is a few problems you'll need to cater with.(And yes, things can become really ugly...static routes, alternative routes, Dead Gateway Detection, NAT, etc)
http://lartc.org/lartc.html#LARTC.RPDB.MULTIPLE-LINKS

PS: Ugh, it's hard to draw ascii in here

*Router & squid are from the same machine.

I need to bind squid with a virtual IP then route add virtualip gw wan2 ethx so that squid will use WAN2 connection, correct?

what antivirus u all use by ipcop ?

wah.. i don't understand all this multi-wan load balancing stuff. so i leave that to the pro ones

wilson88: i use ClamAv. for ipcop there's a plugin - copfilter that comes with clamav. but i never succeed on detecting virus at router level maybe my configuration is wrong

just curious , what happen if the router found the virus ? and how u know the router found the virus ? I doubt it will have pop up like normal antivirus does

forgive me , too much n00b question

First, let's redraw the diagram:

To simplified, what you want is to route based on tcp port number. I'm not sure what OS you're using but it can be done as follow (in Linux iptables lingo):

1 - use NAT to redirect tcp destination port(dport) 80 to 3128(squid port). You'll also need MASQ/DNAT here for return packet...
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128

2 - use packet mangle, set all traffic with tcp dport 80 to some MARK value(let say 2).
iptables -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -t mangle -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 2

3 - use iproute2 to route all traffic marked with 2 to pass through WAN2
echo 202 www.out >> /etc/iproute2/rt_tables
ip rule add fwmark 2 table www.out
ip route add default via WAN2_IP_ADDR dev wan2 table www.out
ip route flush cache

Well, quite interesting setup you have there.. I'm not sure if my instruction work or not(as i never test that) but i think it will. You may need to change/play around it to test. Feedbacks are welcomed. After all, i'm still n00bish in this kind of things

EDITED:-- after some re-read i think my packet mangling section is wrong... We should mark packet output from squid not incoming. So, the question is how to mark packet outputted from squid ?...

EDITED:-- Some answers:
http://lists.netfilter.org/pipermail/netfi...ril/060108.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/sq...00505/0698.html

This post has been edited by mokona_modoki: Nov 3 2006, 12:00 AM

well, it would auto-discard/auto-delete/auto-quarantine - based on your settings and it will send an alert via email to you (based on the copfilter implementation). and rest assured, there will be no pop up

This post has been edited by angeldothack: Nov 2 2006, 11:34 PM

Great!! will try it in my free time and let you all noe.. really interested in this..it's like an eye opener..

Actually, i wouldn't count on that. It wud be best for it to hav more than 64mb of rams. Try stroll around in out garage thread, u might find some rm30 64mb ram.

If u are a heavy bt user and u wan to add additional addon for it. More rams are needed.
Source: http://www.wallfire.org/misc/netfilter_conntrack_perf.txt

If u still insist to do so, u can write your own script to decrease numbers of connections allowed and decrease it timeout time. Just add in your rc.local under /etc/rc.d.

the script you'll need will be at here
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=185279


If you wanna try, u can install in a virtual pc using vmware workstation. Anyway, just try it 1st, see anything goes wrong. If thrs a problem u can try,
LEAF Project, Coyote Linux, FREESCO or fdgw. They require very little resources, it can be booted up from 1.44mb floppy disk wif 8mb of rams.


Anyway, i just install teamspeak server into my linux box. =D. Now my router is truly a gaming router. lol. For those who doesnt know wat teamspeak is, teamspeak a piece audio conferencing software just like skype, the beauty of it? less memory and bandwidth usage. It only transfer data when it detects a signal(your voice). Teamspeak is extremely popular among Wow players. So far so good, i might add another tutorial on it when im free. =D

This post has been edited by syyang85: Nov 3 2006, 03:35 AM

Just some general knowledge
This diagram should describe how Linux route packet. Should be useful if you want to play with iptables, traffic control, shaping etc...

http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/PacketFlow.png

syyang85: will try it when i got a hold on my old pc.. The problem is the old pc is in my home town!! I'll go back only by this month end.. Maybe this weekend will try on vmware 1st.. Anyway thank for the info..


BTW, is it possible to wifi with this DIY router? Maybe something like this,



or something like that??
(or maybe the 2nd NIC in the DIY router is the wifi adapter,which means DIY router + wifi adapter is in 1 box)

I'm noob in this networking stuff?? But I'm very interested in networking my home...

actually i m interested to set up a kind of failover dual-wan setup as traffics r mainly HTTP, POP3/SMTP, IM n once in while VPN/RDC/VNC to desktops at customer sites. the main concern is, HTTP as our job deals with web-based developments. double the speed is not quite an issue as current 1mbps HTTP connection will b more than enough to cater the clients. Only thing is the current router modem seems to die off when number of clients increase.

thanks for clarifying the issue!
will try to set up a terminal when i get the access to a free desktop unit.

Wow, clarkconnect doesn't have development tools installed by default. Besides this software will expire within a year, I dont want to recompile the kernel again annually.

Since squid packets can't be marked without ROUTE mangle, how about I put it this way:

Yes this is more simple, divert all connections excluding squid/other ports to WAN2.
Sorry, I'm really bad with iptables

from what i read, it's not advisable to install development package in any dedicated router. usually after i compile something, i removed it back. i might be wrong though

yeah, security wise yes but not that much. You wouldn't know some people who managed to break in might compile sniffers or custom "files" in your router.

No, that wouldn't be possible, you'll be needing wireless router or WAP(wireless access point), It works just like a normal switch except, its wireless.

In former problem:
No, there is no need for squid patching. My mangle rule is wrong, the correct one is already answered in the mailing list. That is change from:
iptables -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -t mangle -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 2
to
iptables -A OUTPUT -t mangle -p tcp --dport 80 -j MARK --set-mark 2
For a while i was confuse with chain OUTPUT because i guess it evaluated after routing already done, but the truth is not. See http://l7-filter.sourceforge.net/PacketFlow.png to see how routing is decided.
After that, just follow for the rest.

Current setup:
- I would prefer the former rather than later as it's cleaner approach. If you decide to use this setup, you'll need to mark every packet except tcp dport 80. This would also increase unnecessary processing overhead. But the concept is still the same:
- route only happen at IP layer, so it don't know about TCP port number. So it needs help from iptables.
- iptables know about TCP layer, so it can check the source/dest port for each packet. To work with route, iptables will mark the necessary packet with special "tag".
- route see packet with special "tag", send them to correct interface (eg: wan2).

Notes:
- iptables know nothing about application layer. So if you want up to application control(eg: http only, not port 80 tcp), then you'll need another piece of software. (Eg: snort-inline). But remember, the higher TCP layer you use, the higher processing overhead would occur. So, for this example i'll just use tcp port 80 which should be adequate.

If your card support hostap, it can be converted to Access Point.
http://hostap.epitest.fi/

I see, so what you want is High-Availability(HA) not High Performance(HP). If i recall correctly, you'll need a daemon to monitor line status. If fail, then failover.. maybe this site could help you:
http://www.linux-ha.org/

err .. if I need to put wireless ? I just connect my wireless access point to the switch ?

If I am using wireless router , do I need to set anything on the wireless router ?

erm.. I do not really understand here.. Let me try to get you..
Is is what you are trying to say is,

1) 1st NIC is connected to internet
2) 2nd NIC is acctually a somesort of PCI wireless access card(does this exist??)

OR can be drawn like this,



you quoted, If your card support hostap, are you refering to NIC card?

sorry for the noobness.. It just that I got a picture in my mind but not sure on how to do it in real life..

he was mentioning abt whether if the pci wireless card support hostap

thanks.. that means this DIY router can be made into DIY wireless router also..

Linux is free, safe, fast and no limits.

Btw, Windows put a limit on how many can connect to your pc, though hackers got a way around long long time ago.


I got no computer to do that, my Pentium 233 mhz pc died 3 to 5 years ago.

Thanks, I'll try that on monday

hey guys, can ClarkConnect added with any Bit TOrrent/Download module? i mean any idea? if not any other recommend software that can do such thing? but i also need NAS+Router+download station+webserver

hi, thanks bro.
but i m very very new to linux, especially this type of router configurations. the most i did on linux was to boot off the ubuntu live cd.
any recommended config, like ipcop to put up a working router first? (put aside the multi wan thing n as long as i can control audio streaming as it created havoc in the office network)
any more links to read?

need what kinda of modem? Nomal old school dial up modem can or not?

u have to use ADSL modem

no no no..u wilson88 are wrong.
ipcop acts like a router it it givs NAT service to yout network computers. You can use 56k or ISDN modem to connect to internet too.but there's no point sharing that 56k dial up speed among ur computers rite?

How abt reading my tutorial in my link that i've posted in my 1st post? It's abt from installing the ipcop up until setting up streamyx account. With screenshots of course for easier understanding.
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...dpost&p=8910498
For audio streaming control, you'll need to install extra Advance Qos. You can apply rules for audio streamings. like say..reserve or limit 20% of the bandwidth for it

This post has been edited by syyang85: Nov 6 2006, 12:04 AM

err .... hi, still how to get BT/FTP/Direct download working with ClarkConnect or any other ... any idea how? thanks!

I kena pwned !!

hahahaha sorry , my mindset was set to ADSL I didn't think of 56k I kick 56k out of my mind ade

did read ur tutorial. hv to read more as this stuff is quite new to me..haha...
hv to figure out when i get my hands on it.

Too bad i dun hav two lines. If no,t i definitely gonna try that out. Double the speed!

ok..out of topic here, Is it just me or im just plain lucky. I'm gettin average 150kb/s download recently, did streamyx just secretly increase our bandwidth again?

Hi Guys, problem, wat type of file systems u guys actually using? NTFS seems no good to LINUX ... so u guys using ? Ext2/3 or VFS or UFS? ... or any other?

for me, i'll use Ext3...

to use NTFS, you need to install a software to enable it to read the partitions..don't remember the software name...

Generally, it depends on your system bottleneck, ie: CPU bound(cpu too slow) or I/O bound(slow harddisk). Also, type of file (few large files, or lot of small files.) For me, i'll choose JFS or XFS, depend on those criteria.

Some good review:
http://linuxgazette.net/122/TWDT.html#piszcz

Maybe you have found your solutions, but i'll recommend MLDonkey (link) in the gateway/server, and install Sancho (link) for every client to control the mldonkey. It have the option of direct download (i nvr use this), emule (test for downloading some files, the speed is ok), and bittorrent (no protocol encrypt or dht, but can still reach max speed provided that the seed is plenty, and if u are connected with malaysians it gets better >_> *streamyxcaps*)

Define 'no good'? Are you mounting/adding a new drive in ur CC box? Currently my setup consists of 2 harddisk. 1x40gb for CC install and temporary downloads/storage, 1x250gb for permanent storage. The 250gb drive is from one of main PC running windows, and it use NTFS. I can't format that drive because a lots of things in there, so i just keep it as NTFS.

To mount it under clarkconnect, i use Fuse (link) coupled with NTFS-3g driver (link) then share the drive via samba for network access and file management. Both fuse and ntfs-3g need to be compiled and install however.. and I don't remember the steps (can check out here), but i can guarantee that it works flawlessly so far with my setup. However, I don't know how to defrag/scandisk the ntfs drive with this kind of setup except for removing it and plug in back to any winxp machine

Just a question, if my Bios can recognize a USB drive as "hard disk" (and can boot from it)... would it be possible to install this on the usb drive itself? (this way I can save one hdd )

I think it is possible since it can boot from it, but I never try that. Maybe u can try and report back to us

i am studying how to use this tool.. however for expert such as u all, mind to download and try this tool at http://www.vyatta.com/

I'll quote the website as below:

The Vyatta Open Flexible Router (OFR) is a complete open-source routing & firewalling solution that is available as familiar, ready-to-deploy software and appliance products. The OFR delivers:

* Savings of 50% or more over similar proprietary products
* A flexible, extensible system that can be customized to meet a variety of different needs
* A "boot-and-go" live CD that makes installation and operation a breeze
* A 2 Gbps routing solution ideal for mid-range LAN routing and branch office applications
* An easy-to-manage solution with both GUI and CLI interfaces


This post has been edited by coolblade: Nov 21 2006, 01:22 AM

I thought linux doesnt support write NTFS natively?

Yeah, that is a thing of past
NTFS-3g should be "safe enough" for most operation. Read, write, delete.. most of it works without any problem. I've been using it on laptop for sometimes already, though i don't recommend it for servers... The only missing feature is defrag or repair NTFS.

hehe, yeah. i'm using it in my clarkconnect. so far no problems and it works great. but like mokona_modoki said, it doesn't have defrag/chkdsk function.

anyway this is just a temporary solution until i got a new HDD (planning to add another 250/400gb to the cc box), transfer all the files to the new hdd and then format it with linux fs.