See my thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-28 ... ight-.html

Basically I had a weird issue with it only working as a module, and not compiled directly.

DSL (or at least any that I have encountered) does not use DHCP. You should set eth0=up

then do

rc-update add rp-pppoe default

What I was thinking is that someone is trying to run exploits on the webserver. I noticed the attempts on scripts/ and an attempt on AWstats and webmail utilities I don't run. Is there anything I should be looking for to see if something was exploited?

BTW rebuilding Apache (I was already using the ...

Well, I ran into an odd problem. Here's what began:

I could access the website when connected to the LAN that the server is on. Outside the network, I kept getting the 'connection refused' error. When outside the network, pulling up the page by the server's IP brought it up. Did a quick port scan ...

default-lease-time 5184000;
max-lease-time 5184001;
ddns-update-style ad-hoc;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option broadcast-address 10.0.0.255;
option routers 10.0.0.1;
option domain-name-servers 10.0.0.1;
option domain-name "yourdomainhere.com";

subnet 10.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range ...

edit: whoops, i forgot I swapped this card out and was reading from my config file for a different one.

I think this card might use NE2000 (ne2k-pci) also

if you're booting from the install cd do lspci and/or lsmod to see what it's loading if the card works under install

re-emerge dhcp, just a guess

I thought it was a 10 to 1 factor when considering network activity?

it could also be the case that your ISP hands you the addresses of the nameservers on login. Your client needs to be set to accept this

Are you sure you're using the correct DNS setting with RP-PPPOE? Some ISP's pass you your DNS addresses upon login, some expect you to set them. Make sure you're using the right setting here.

www.dyndns.org is another, I have actually had better experiences with no-ip but I'll just throw it out there and let you choose. Some home routers like Linksys and Netgears have built in support for dyndns. That may or may not be an issue for you.

That's about as far as we'll be able to get you without more information.

I also tried to write my own firewall rules but changed my mind in favor of frontends to iptables in favor of ease of setup and more comprehensive security. There were so many things frontends cover that I wouldn't have thought of to write into my own script. A popular frontend is shorewall. I ...

Different colleges use very different restrictions and systems. It would be impossible to really help any further without knowing more about their setup.

It does sound something like what they do at my university's network. MAC addresses are registered and only those get full access. You have ...

Every instruction I have ever heard had the system running dhcpd declare its own address through /etc/conf.d/net

According to its manpage (or AFAIK from reading it) it should resolve entires that are in the server's hosts file regaurdless of an internet connection. I haven't tried using it in this specific situation so I'm not exactly sure what you need to do. There is a setting that allows you to define your ...

you should use PPPoE (e is for ethernet) if you connect to the modem via ethernet

You would not have to do anything extra to access your servers if you are connected properly and trying to connect to them properly

Failed login attempts have completely ceased after I changed the config to listen on a much higher port number.

Would you consider expanding the tutorial to include instructions on how to configure shorewall for systems functioning as internet gateways?

Can I add a question?

How can I have my ssh session stay open when I disconnect? For example, so I can execute an emerge command and then disconnect while it completes. And then connect some time later to the same sessoon to check on its progress or cancel it?

emerge screen

as soon as you log ...

are you sure you included both as modules when you compiled the kernel?

also, SEARCH. There are tons of threads about realtek cards

There are a lot of problems with realtek cards and a lot of threads related to them. I had a problem with using the module vs. built into the kernel where one method worked and the other did not.

read the manpage for dhcpd (or maybe dhcp, I forget) it will list 2 things you need compiled into the kernel for it to work

Are you using rp-pppoe to connect? If not I'd suggest it, it's very easy and stable. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/h ... 1#rp-pppoe
How exactly are you disconnecting?
Who is your DSL provider and what modem do you have?

this is still driving me crazy

I tried emerging dhcp again, no changes.