Topic: e-smith inside a freesco firewall

[Joseph Gardner]

I have placed an e-smith inside a freesco router/firewall/gateway that contains 3 NIC's
NIC #1 is the connection to my DSL modem          ip = abc.abc.abc.1
NIC #2 is the connection to my internal lan           ip = 192.168.100.1
NIC #3 is the connection to my e-smith server      ip = 192.168.10.1

there is only 1 NIC in the e-smith server               ip = 192.168.10.2
local network NIC's                                     ip range = 192.168.100.2/200

The function of this server is STRICTLY a web server and email server thus I set it up as "server only - direct connection"


The gateway ip for the e-smith server is 192.168.10.1
The local ip for the e-smith server is 192.168.10.2
machine name = web-mail

I'm having difficulty accessing the e-smith server from my internal lan (192.168.100.2/200).  I am able to ping the ip (192.168.10.2) and it confirmed access to the internet during setup BUT it returns a "Forbidden, you don't have access to this server" when I try to use the http://192.168.10.2/e-smith-manager .  The same is true for http://192.168.10.2/e-smith-password .

Can anyone offer any suggestions?

Regards,
Joe

[Charlie Brady]

Joseph Gardner wrote:

> The gateway ip for the e-smith server is 192.168.10.1 The local
> ip for the e-smith server is 192.168.10.2 machine name =
> web-mail
>
> I'm having difficulty accessing the e-smith server from my
> internal lan (192.168.100.2/200).

The e-smith-manager and e-smith-password CGIs are only accessible from the local network that the e-smith server is on. In your case, there are no client machines on the same network.

I can suggest two options for you. First thing you can try is to configure 192.168.100.x as a "local" network. You have a bootstrapping problem in doing this however, and the "local" network setup is in the e-smith manager.

The other thing that you can do is to install the openssh add-on, and use ssh and lynx to access the manager and password screens.

Regards

Charlie


  I am able to ping the ip
> (192.168.10.2) and it confirmed access to the internet during
> setup BUT it returns a "Forbidden, you don't have access
> to this server" when I try to ....

[Joe]

Any way to alter what e-smith believes to be a "local address"  ie. any of the private ip's.

Joe

[Charlie Brady]

Joe wrote:

> Any way to alter what e-smith believes to be a "local
> address"  ie. any of the private ip's.

If you haven't done so already, you should download and read the e-smith User Manual. You can find it in various formats in ftp://ftp.e-smith.org/pub/e-smith/e-smith-4.0/.

Regards

Charlie