Koozali.org: home of the SME Server

Legacy Forums => General Discussion (Legacy) => Topic started by: adamst on August 16, 2005, 02:59:24 AM

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: adamst on August 16, 2005, 02:59:24 AM

Hi all,

I'm using Esmith behind a watchguard firewall.

All of the traffic that appears on the Watchguard appears to be coming from the Esmith server rather than the originator's IP (i.e. the user).

Is there something I can do to fix this so that the reports I see in Watchguard will be more accurate.

cheers,

Adam

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: kmccarn on August 16, 2005, 01:27:56 PM

Change your DHCP settings so that the Firebox is the gateway and not the SME.

This might be difficult if you are setup as server-gateway and all traffic is routed through the SME.

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: adamst on August 16, 2005, 11:51:29 PM

But what if I want to use the Esmith as a proxy server ?

cheers,

Adam

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: kmccarn on August 17, 2005, 01:08:52 PM

No problem - change the users network settings in IE (or Firefox) to use the SME as a proxy.

Although - the Firebox also has an http proxy capability - with webblocker if I remember correctly.

Of course - if you're using it as a proxy - all traffic to the firebox (for http) will look like it comes from the SME - no way around that.

 :-o

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: dhardy on August 22, 2005, 08:34:59 AM

Configure the watchguard to be the default gateway in the dhcp as posted above. In the watchguard policy manager you can set a caching proxy - which you can set to be the SME box.

I haven't done this myself, although I have seen the entries in the policy manager .....  :-P

HTH

David.

edit ...

Just goes to show that if you leave the forums up on your pc for 4 days someone has probably already replied to the post you are answering  :oops: must remember to refresh before posting!

Title: ESmith Server Only and a Watchguard Firewall
Post by: adamst on August 29, 2005, 01:17:01 AM

Thanks for the tips !

I'll check it out and see how I go.

cheers