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***Warning***
This document assumes that you are smart enough to know not to unplug cards from your motherboard without shutting off the power. It also assumes that you know when and how to reboot a computer and that you can follow simple prompts in the utility software. If you feel this is over your head please exit now.
***You have been warned***

Read and Heed:

Software Download	http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein/dachstein-v1.0.2-1680.bin
Simple Instructions	http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein/readme.txt
Advanced Instructions	http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/packages/network.txt

Hardware:

Step 1 Identify The Hardware	You have verified that you have at least a 486DX whatever. You have at least 16mb ram. NIC #1 is ??? ie. 3COM509b IRQ 10, 300, server NIC #2 is ??? ie. 3COM509b IRQ 11, 310, server
Step 2 Assemble Hardware	Install both NIC's in your 486. If you have an OS on your hard drive, boot up to see what the cards autodetect as. If there are no conflicts you may be able to skip step 3 Remove the hard drive, or at least unplug the hard drive cables. Unplug the case fan.
Step 3 Setup NIC	Use whatever DOS utilities to determine the NIC parameters ie. With 3com you can turn off PNP if needed, set the IRQ and Address, optimize for server use

Floppy Disk Preparation

Download Software	Look under "Read and Heed" (dachstein-v1.0.2-1680.bin) Download it to your home directory.
Think of a Name	You want a snazzier name than "firewall" don't you?
Format 2 Floppys	Open a shell window. Insert disk into floppy drive. Type: fdformat /dev/fd0u1680 Repeat for second disk. Label first disk "firewall name", http://192.168.1.254, working copy. Label second disk "firewall name", http://192.168.1.254, backup copy.
Burn One Floppy	Insert your working disk. Since you have a shell open at your home directory where you downloaded the software too, all you need to type is: dd if=dachstein-v1.0.2-1680.bin of=/dev/fd0u1680

Configure Firewall (incomplete)

Caveat	The save step saves to the ram disk. The backup step saves to the disk
Boot	Insert your working disk and boot.
Login	As root. Password not yet required
Edit	Menu item 3, then 3, then 1. Uncomment (delete the #) the modules needed for your NIC's. ie. 3COM 3C509b is 3c509.
Save & Backup

Nic Utilities
Use Win 95 or 98 boot disk

3COM	Home: http://www.3com.com Download NIC detector: ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/cardfind.exe Download 3C509b Utility: ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/3c509x2.exe Use: Download to windows machine. Extract to dos formated floppy (not your boot disk). Boot target machine with dos boot disk, run utility
Realtek	Home: http://www.realtek.com.tw/ Download: http://www.realtek.com.tw/htm/download/level.asp?class1=communication

Linux NIC Utilities

all

Home: http://www.scyld.com/diag/