Changes

Select the device on which you wish to have the firewall operate. If you are connected to a network this is likely to be eth0. If you are connected directly to a cable or DSL modem this may be ppp. If your system obtains an IP address from a DHCP server check this option. Click ''Forward''' when you are ready to move to the next screen:

This page controls whether Internet Connection Sharing is to used. Firestarter allows you to configure a single Linux system as the gateway to the internet. All other computers on your network then access the internet through the gateway system. The computers that access the internet through the gateway system will appear, to the outside world, to have the same IP address as the gateway system. This is essentially a mechanism for sharing a single internet connection amongst a network of multiple computers. Note that this configuration requires that you have two network cards installed in the system - one for the internet connection and another for the local area network.