Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2372 mails)

[Jerry Kreps <jerrykreps@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

One word: Samba



On Friday 19 January 2001 02:31, Kaare Rasmussen wrote:
> Haven´t anobody tried to set up Linux as a Firewall / Router in a
> Windows environment?
>
> The problem as described in my mail here, is that the clients on
> the LAN cannot see the servers in the DMZ as part of the Windows
> network (in Windows Explorer e.g.).
>
> Do I have to drop Linux and set up another router?
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: SuSE as firewall/router for Windows
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 15:57:02 +0100
> From: Kaare Rasmussen <kar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: suse-linux-e@xxxxxxxx
>
> I need to set up a SuSE Linux 7.0 as a firewall / router in a
> Windows environment.
>
> I have configured /etc/rc.config.d/firewall.rc.config very
> standard, I think where I have the clients on the local side as
> 192.168.1.x. In the DMZ I have some servers (with public IP
> adresses) that I need to see as a Windows client. What do I do to
> make network browsing and the like work?
>
> I thought that if I pointed to the external WINS server, it would
> work, but apparantly I need something else.
>
> Can anyone tell me what that is?

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