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The following dialog box opens:

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Press Enter to continue. The following dialog box opens:

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Press Enter. The following dialog box opens:

Note:

The installation process

ERASES ALL DATA

from the workstation’s hard disk. Ensure that all valuable

data is safely backed up before you continue. The SmoothWall Express Open Source Project

cannot be held responsible for any loss of data.

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Press Enter to continue. SmoothWall Express files are installed. When complete, the

Congratulations! dialog box opens:

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Press Enter.

Installing SmoothWall Express

Installing SmoothWall Express

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The following dialog box opens:

Note:

If you select Yes here, you access upgrade and restore options for existing SmoothWall Express

systems. For information on upgrading SmoothWall Express, see

Chapter 3, Upgrading to

SmoothWall Express

on page 17.

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Select

No

and press Enter to start configuring your new installation of SmoothWall Express. The

Keyboard mapping dialog box opens:

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Select your keyboard type and press Enter to continue. The Hostname dialog box opens:

Here you can specify a hostname for SmoothWall Express.

Note:

We recommend that you only use lowercase characters in the hostname.

•

You can use hyphens ‘-’ and dots ‘.’.

•

You cannot use numbers, spaces, underscores ‘_’ or any other wildcard or punctuation characters

except ‘.’.

The default hostname is

smoothwall

. If you have multiple SmoothWall Express systems, use

unique hostnames.

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If you want to use a different hostname, enter it. Select

Ok

and press Enter to continue.

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The Default security policy dialog box opens:

The following policies are available.

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Select the security policy that suits your requirements. Select

Ok

and press Enter. The Network

configuration menu opens, for example:

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Select

Network configuration type

and press Enter.

Policy

Description

Open

SmoothWall Express allows all outgoing requests. This is how previous versions

of SmoothWall Express worked.

Half-open

The default policy, SmoothWall Express allows most outgoing requests and blocks

potentially harmful requests.

Closed

SmoothWall Express blocks all outgoing requests. Anything to be allowed must be

explicitly enabled.

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Installing SmoothWall Express

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The Network configuration type dialog box opens:

SmoothWall Express supports the following network configuration types:

Type

Explanation

Green (Red is

modem/ISDN)

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a network interface card (NIC) to connect to the internal network it is

protecting

•

a modem or ISDN card to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green +

Orange (Red is

modem/ISDN)

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a de-militarized zone

•

a modem or ISDN card to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green +Red

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green +

Orange + Red

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a de-militarized zone

•

a NIC to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green + Purple

(Red is

modem/ISDN)

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a wireless network

•

a modem or ISDN card to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green + Purple

+ Orange (Red

is modem/

ISDN)

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a wireless network

•

a NIC to connect to a de-militarized zone

•

a modem or ISDN card to connect to the Internet or external network.

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Select the configuration type that fits your network. Select

Ok

and press Enter. You return to the

Network configuration menu.

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Select

Drivers and card assignments

and press Enter to continue. The Drivers and card assignments

dialog box opens, for example:

Depending on the type of network configuration you selected, you are prompted to configure the

network drivers and interfaces required.

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Select

Ok

and press Enter to continue. The Card assignment dialog box opens:

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Select

Probe

and press Enter to automatically detect NICs.

Note:

If you choose Select, you will be prompted to enter NIC information manually. Consult the

documentation delivered with your NIC(s) and follow SmoothWall Express online instructions if

you want to configure the cards manually.

Green + Purple

+ Red

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a wireless network

•

a NIC to connect to the Internet or external network.

Green + Purple

+ Orange + Red

Select if SmoothWall Express will use:

•

a NIC to connect to the internal network it is protecting

•

a NIC to connect to a wireless network

•

a NIC to connect to a de-militarized zone

•

a NIC to connect to the Internet or external network.

Type

Explanation