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Linux LiveCD Router V. 2.0 Includes Broadband and WIFI support
http://www.easylivecd.com/english
Speed-up your Internet connection ! Linux LiveCD Router allows you
to share, firewall and optimize your broadband connection. You can
use DSL, ADSL, Cable Modem, T1, Fixed IPs, Dial-Up, WiFi and more.
Includes traffic priority settings for VoIP and other apps. Can
avoid ISP traffic limiting.
Features
# Share and Firewall your broadband or dedicated Internet connection
# Includes Firewall Shorewall and Masquerading (NAT)
# Does not require any installation. It is a LiveCD, your computer
simply boots straight from the CD (or flash disk). Does not require a
hard disk
# Supports DSL, Cablemodem, Fixed IP and Dial-Up
# Traffic Control, QoS WonderShaper
# DHCP Client and Server
# Remote SSH administration
# Secure Internet Access using OpenVPN
# Can balance 2 internet connections (multi ISP)
# Ideal for high speed (5 mbps+) adsl lines - since most WAN ports
on integrated routers do not support 5 mbps+ speeds
# Use standard and low cost computer, networking and wifi hardware
# Linux Software compatible with Windows and Mac Networks
# Boot from USB flash new
Hardware Requirements
One dedicated computer with the following minimum specifications: 486
Processor, 16 MBytes of RAM, 1 or 2
ethernet cards. NO hard disk required! Optional Wifi card (can replace an
external AP)
To report success stories or problems write to us at info@wifi.com.ar
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BASIC CONFIGURATION AND HARDWARE SUPPORT
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Linux LiveCD Router works on a minimal configuration of a 486 PC, 16
MBytes of RAM, Bootable CDrom Reader, 1 or more Ethernet Cards and Floppy
Drive. Does not require a had disk!
HOW TO DOWNLOAD LIVECD ROUTER FROM THE INTERNET
The software is around 85 MBytes, and it takes aprox. 20 minutes to
download with a broadband connection. You can download it from
http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/cdrouter.html
- LIVECD INSTALL
Burn cdrouter-20XX.iso on a cdrom media.
Make sure that you burn the ISO image directly onto a CDrom.
Some burning programs modify the iso image before writing, and generally
make the CDrom non-bootable. If you have problems try renaming the file
extension from .iso to .raw before burning. Or try using the free program
burnatonce http://www.burnatonce.com/downloads/
If at boot time you can not login with root/cdrouter. your CDR media
may have not been burned correctly. Some CDRs are low quality. Try burning
it again, or try a different brand of CDR media.
- NEW. USB flash or SD memory card install.
- Extract cdrouter-2029.tar to your disk.
- make the disk bootable by running
(from linux) /boot/bootinst.sh
- make the disk bootable by running
(from windows) /boot/bootinst.bat
- NEW. HARD DISK install.
- Extract cdrouter-2029.tar to your disk.
Make a boot partition of 150MBytes only, type FAT32
Format and extract cdrouter-2029.tar to it
mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/hda1
tar xvf cdrouter-2029.tar -C /mnt/hda1
- make the disk bootable by running
(from linux) /boot/bootinst.sh
- make the disk bootable by running
(from windows) /boot/bootinst.bat
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QUICK START COMMANDS AND NETWORK CONFIGURATION
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TO LOGIN THE SYSTEM
To login the system use the user root, and the password cdrouter (all
lower case)
On commercial versions, to login the web administrator point you web
browser to http://192.168.1.1:10000
and use the user: admin and the password: cdrouter
Once the system is in operation, remember to change the passwords
ETHERNET CARDS
Linux LiveCD Router automatically detects one or more ethernert cards,
even if they are on-board cards. If you are using ISA cards you have to
manually use the commands listed on the file /etc/modules.conf to detect
them.
To verify the detection of you cards use the command:
ifconfig
To configure the cards you can use the menu program:
netconfig
examples of manual configuration commands are:
/sbin/ifconfig eth1 192.168.1.1
/sbin/route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 eth1
DIAL-UP ACCESS
CDrouter is preconfigured for an external generic modem connected
at the serial port 0 (/dev/ttyS0)
to connect and disconnect use the following commands
ppp-on
ppp-off
if you have an internal modem, run the command
ppp-setup
configuration files will then be stored on the directory
/etc/ppp
FIXED IP or DHCP
Run the command netconfig, and follow the instructions on
the interactive menu
then enable the changes by executing the command
/bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
or you can save the changes using configsave, and the reboot
with ctrl-alt-del
to see the state of your routing table use
route -n
ADSL (Speedy, Telecom DSL, Ciudad Flash, etc)
Linux LiveCD Router supports all ADSL modems that are connected through an
ethernet card, as well as PPPoE modems. In addition the USB modems Alcatel
SpeedTouch and Conexant AccessRunner are supported.
configurador automatico adsl corriendo el comando:
adsl-setup
adsl-start
adsl-stop
la configuracion queda registrada en los archivos
/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
/etc/pap-secrets
Aditional documentation and faq available at
/opt/doc/network/adsl-howto
CABLEMODEM
Use the command netconfig, and enable dhcp on the ethernet
card connected to your cablemodem
Examples of manual dhcp commands
/sbin/dhcpcd -t 10 -d eth0
dhcpcd eth0
dhcpcd -hostname cdrouter
ROUTING TABLE
To see the state of your routing table run
route -n
typical configuration examples are
route add default eth0
route add 192.168.1.0 eth1
to veryfy the configuration of your network interfaces run
ifconfig
FIREWALL/Masquerading
software iptables
To start filtering rules you can use some of the example commands located
in the file
/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
SHOREWALL
Is is preconfigured for the tipical installation with 2 ethernet cards
eth0 and eth1
documentation and howto at /opt/docs/shorewall-howto
configuration files at /etc/shorewall
DNS Cache
This service come pre-configured, and generally it does not require any
further configuration. You can point the machines on your local network to
use the the ip of the LiveCD Router to use DNS.
Configuration files are located at /var/named
Useful commands are:
named.reload
named
REMOTE ADMINISTRATION (commercial versions)
Connect to http://192.168.1.1:10000 from a machine with a web
browser connected to the internal network. Or connect by ssh
to 192.168.1.1
SNMP
Run the command snmpd, to monitor your LiveCD Router remotely. You can use
any SNMP aplications (for example MRTG)
FULL DOCUMENTATION
Available on the cdrom at directory
/opt/doc
or online at
http://www.wifi.com.ar/english/doc/
if you have any questions write to us at info@wifi.com.ar
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If you have any questions write to us at info@easylivecd.com
Commercial Support and Integration Software LiveCD Router
(c) EasyLiveCD.com (c) WiFi.com.ar
Aditional software provided by GNU/Linux, Slackware, Slax and other
providers covered by the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
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