Firestarter (Ubuntu)

[Lowe]

I installed a newer version of Firestarter today (after upgrading to the new ubuntu) and ive had nothing but problems, as soon as i turn the firewall on i can't even view websites and ive messed around with settings for the last hour and just can't seem to resolve it, since i have no idea what im doing maybe the screenshots can explain what im doing wrong.

 

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

 

Any help at all is appreciated.

[Guest Adriano1]

All those screenshots say is "The firewall is disabled". Oh, and that, for some reason, you are blocking UDP packets for the DHCP service from 192.168.1.1 which should be, I hope to $DEITY, on your local network. So if you could please explain a bit better your setup, like for example if it's just one PC or if it's a network (yes, it's a network, but how is it setup then?), and which 'puter is on the net, which gets internet through sharing, etc.

 

The other thing I suggest is go with the basics. If you _can_ browse and work with the firewall disabled, then try running the firewall wizard again.

[Lowe]

Yes it's off in the screenshots, but only because i was wanting to post this topic. I've tried unblocking the connections 192.168.1.1 and opened the DHCP port, yet it keeps blocking them anyway. Yes, i just used the basic settings and they never worked for me. I'm using this on my home PC im connecting through ethernet with a D-Link ADSL modem, which all worked fine on my older version of firestarter, that's why im suprised it isn't working this time around.

[Guest Adriano1]

What I asked is: why is the machine showing 192.168.1.1? what does that address belong to? the DSL modem? another computer?

 

I think you could be setting the firewall (perhaps the update did fsck it up, I'm guessing here) on the wrong interface: remember the interface for internet is not one of the eths (eth0, eth1) in the case of DSL, it's ppp0.

 

If that's not it, I don't know now what to say.

[Lowe]

192.168.1.1 is for the modem. Oh and eth0 is my only choice, it's also what i used last time, i don't see why it's not working the same, i guess it was the update.

[Guest Adriano1]

Did you try setting it to ppp0? if the connection uses pppoe, and is a DSL, it should be ppp0. If it's the only choice, I don't know what to say, except to get into the firestarter site and mailing list for help.

[Lowe]

That's the thing, it doesn't give me the choice to set it to that. All that's there is eth0 and sit0.