SnapGear 1.7.8 - Manual (Page 2)

Table of contents
1. Introduction...............................................................................................1
Document conventions .......................................................................................... 4
Installing and configuring your SnapGear appliance ............................................. 5
Your SnapGear appliance ..................................................................................... 6
SnapGear appliance features ................................................................................ 9
2. Getting started ........................................................................................12
Static IP reset ...................................................................................................... 12
New Networks...................................................................................................... 13
Configuring the SnapGear appliance on your network ........................................ 15
Initial setup using Linux ....................................................................................... 21
SnapGear Quick Setup........................................................................................ 24
Configuring the PCs on your network .................................................................. 28
3. Connecting to the Internet .....................................................................30
Physically connect modem device....................................................................... 30
Select Internet connection ................................................................................... 31
Internet failover .................................................................................................... 34
Configure PCs to use SnapGear appliance Internet gateway ............................. 37
Establishing the connection ................................................................................. 37
4. Dial-in server configuration ...................................................................38
Dial-in setup......................................................................................................... 40
Dial-in user accounts ........................................................................................... 42
Remote user configuration................................................................................... 45
5. Network configuration............................................................................51
IP configuration.................................................................................................... 51
Advanced IP configuration................................................................................... 53
DHCP server........................................................................................................ 55
Advanced networking .......................................................................................... 57
Introduction