can i access the smoothwall machine to another computer with static ip adresses?

[mr. chairman]

hello guys, i'm a student and i have a project which is to setup smoothwall that will be used in our school. i'm just starting the project. i already finished installing the smoothwall but it always prompt me for a login and a password. i know that i have to access it from another computer and not in the machine where i installed smoothie.

my question is, since i'm starting the project. can i connect the smoothwall machine to another computer using both static ip adressess? because i'm only doing this project at home and i dont have internet here. in a way i'm jst experementing not already implementing it.

ex. smoothwall= 10.10.10.1
another pc= 10.10.10.2

hope you can help me guys. need a reply asap. Godbless to you all.

[cw823]

That should work just fine, as long as you can ping the smoothwall from the "another pc" then you should be able to access the web interface.

[gangaskan]

your answer is yes as long as they are on the same subnet. if they differ, than the traffic needs to be routed from each network, but doable.


all you need to do afaik is put the IP of the smoothwall into your browser (https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx if it requires secure access)

[cw823]

Is it port 445? or 443? I can't remember, I'm thinking ipcop was 443 and smoothwall was 445, or vice versa (default web access port, that is)

[mr. chairman]

is it ok if i dont have to set up the isdn, asdl and etc, can i configure it later on using the web browser?

if i'm gonna use a static ip 10.10.10.1 for the smoothwall machine, the url that i will use is 10.10.10.1:441 or 10.10.10.1:81?

[cw823]

is it ok if i dont have to set up the isdn, asdl and etc, can i configure it later on using the web browser?

if i'm gonna use a static ip 10.10.10.1 for the smoothwall machine, the url that i will use is 10.10.10.1:441 or 10.10.10.1:81?

Should be http://10.10.10.1:441 to access, you will have to login. The web interface is pretty functional, I would think you could do the ADSL/ISDN setup via web GUI, though I have never done that configuration on a smoothwall box.

[ziggo0]

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[~(o)-(0)~]

you might need a crossover cable too.

Nick

[mr. chairman]

is there anyway i can access the gui based configuration of smoothwall in my main pc where i installed it?

[MARCI]

127.0.0.1:441 may work... loopback into the correct port.

[mr. chairman]

127.0.0.1:441 may work... loopback into the correct port.


i dont understand you marci, why would i do that?

any smoothwall expert here?
can you help me?
is there any way i can access the gui based configuration of smootwall in the machine where i installed it? or do i really have to access it from another computer?

is it ok to configure it without connecting to internet?

[MARCI]

wait.. are you using ipv4 or ipv6? if ipv4 then 127.0.0.1 is the ip to use, if ipv6 then it would be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1. you can use that ip to communicate with server software from the main computer.. IE https://0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1:441 or https://127.0.0.1:441
you may even be able to use https://localhost:441/

[mr. chairman]

wait.. are you using ipv4 or ipv6? if ipv4 then 127.0.0.1 is the ip to use, if ipv6 then it would be 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1. you can use that ip to communicate with server software from the main computer.. IE https://0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1:441 or https://127.0.0.1:441
you may even be able to use https://localhost:441/

i'm using ipv4. how can i do that all i see when i reboot smoothwall it prompts me for my smoothwall login and password, even i entered the correct login and password it always says incorrect login. if i use root, and enter setup it goes back to the initial setup. that's all i can see. how can i configure it using the web browser in that machine where i installed smoothwall? or i really have to configure it from another machine and not in the smoothwall main machine?

[MARCI]

if you have smoothwall running on the machine, and have access to a web browser on that machine, goto 120.0.0.7:441 that ip address will come back into the same machine, allowing you to log into the web interface.

[Jolly-Swagman]

Mr Chairman how many nics are you using on the Smoothie and what is the setup EG RED >>GREEN ect if so you need a crossover cable between your PC and Smoothie GREEN nic, and should be able to get to the interface Gui via https://10.10.10.1:441 or http://10.10.10.1:81 if that is what you used for the GREEN nics address.
to log into the interface tpye -- admin then the admin password

[MARCI]

swag, he's trying to access the gui from the pc smoothwall is running on, at least that was the situation as I read it.

[Jolly-Swagman]

if you have smoothwall running on the machine, and have access to a web browser on that machine, goto 120.0.0.7:441 that ip address will come back into the same machine, allowing you to log into the web interface.

swag, he's trying to access the gui from the pc smoothwall is running on, at least that was the situation as I read it.

The machine SmoothWall is on wont have any Web browser on it, as only the Smoothwall distro will be on there, and the only way to get to the web gui is from another PC.

He can when SmoothWall reboots to the Prompt screen type in Setup and get the Setup Giu , but will have to Know the password that he created for this, or enter as root and the root password,

[MARCI]

I think that last post would answer his question.. I'm not familiar with smoothwall, I made the mistake of assuming that in addition to it's server/firewall duties it also had some other capabilities. and was looking for the easiest way to log into a localhost as though it was remote

[cw823]

I think that last post would answer his question.. I'm not familiar with smoothwall, I made the mistake of assuming that in addition to it's server/firewall duties it also had some other capabilities. and was looking for the easiest way to log into a localhost as though it was remote

I ran a smoothwall for about 2 years and never once logged in at the smoothwall box itself.

[bLack0ut]

I ran a smoothwall for about 2 years and never once logged in at the smoothwall box itself.

I also don't understand what the OP is trying to do. The point of having a dedicated hardware firewall is so you can run it headless, and either SSH in or use the Web GUI.

I think the problem he's having is that on the smoothwall machine itself, it has a basic shell, but isn't meant for heavy-duty configuring (i.e. Use the web GUI).

If you really want to configure the smoothwall box from itself, get into the shell and install a webbrowser like lynx. You'll probably run into a ton of dependency problems since it's a stripped down Linux distro.

[Jolly-Swagman]

I also don't understand what the OP is trying to do. The point of having a dedicated hardware firewall is so you can run it headless, and either SSH in or use the Web GUI.

I think the problem he's having is that on the smoothwall machine itself, it has a basic shell, but isn't meant for heavy-duty configuring (i.e. Use the web GUI).

If you really want to configure the smoothwall box from itself, get into the shell and install a webbrowser like lynx. You'll probably run into a ton of dependency problems since it's a stripped down Linux distro.

You dont Run a Web browser on the SmoothWall box, you access the web gui control interface which you then configure SmoothWall, from another PC via a Web browser and point it at SmoothWalls GREEN IP address, EG - GREEN IP 10.10.10.1 then you would point the browser to https://10.10.10.1:441 or http://10.10.10.1:81 and log in as admin with the admin password.
Or alternately use WinSCP and putty
If neither of these work then the setup was borked

Simply Reinstall SmoothWall and start over,
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