How to Install Endian Firewall Community 2

Endian Firewall Community 2 is a complete Linux distro bundled with firewall
and proxy software that you install on a sacrificial PC with LAN and WAN
adapters

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• CD of burned ISO of Endian Firewall Community 2
• Sacrificial PC to hold the Endian Firewall Community 2
• Another PC to configure the Endian Firewall Community 2
• A common sense

1. Download the ISO image from
   http://www.endian.it/en/community/download/iso/

2. Then burn the ISO image onto a blank CD with CD burning software like
   Nero

3. Put the CD into your sacrificial PC (Note everything on the PC is wiped
   off), and boot from the CD.
   NOTE: Some PC BIOS'es do not want to read the interleaving on the CD
   correctly. Dont worry, if it happens you need to download Smart Boot
   Manager, a tiny Floppy boot software that will allow you to boot from the
   CD. You can find it here: http://btmgr.webframe.org/download.html#binary)
   Simply download the files, go to the command prompt (dos) and use the exe to
   make the disk. Insert the disk into the sacrificial PC and boot from the
   stiffy, now select CDROM and it will continue to boot the EFW cd as usual.

4. Answer all the questions, make sure you specify and note the IP address
   of the GREEN interface, as well as your passwords. Note the install is
   different from IpCop in that everything is not specified during the install
   - dont worry you can change everything in the web-based management. After
   you have answered all the questions the PC reboots and confronts you with a
   linux login. This is where you will need a second PC.

5. Connect a cross-over cable between your EFW PC and your setup PC running
   your favorite internet browser, or alternatively use an ethernet switch with
   two straight ethernet cables.

6. Open a command prompt and ping the GREEN interface IP address you
   specified during install. If nothing happens, it means that the install has
   assigned that IP address to a different card. For those familiar with Linux
   - forget about using ifconfig to determine which card it is - EFW uses br0
   (bridge) for the Green interface, but you cannot see in the command line to
   which card it is linked. Therefore, by trial and error, try each LAN card
   until the ping is successful.

7. Now open your internet browser and go to the setup URL:
   http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or alternatively https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10443 where
   the bunch of x'es is the IP address of your Green interface that you were
   able to ping successfully.

8. The default username is "admin" and the password is that which you
   specified during the install.

9. Go to the Network Configuration on the left menu and go through the
   process to select which adapter you want as which IP etc.

[wiseguytr]

on 10/8/2009 Thanx but who can explain the process itself ?