The firewall’s time zone is set to Etc/UTC and synchronises its internal clock every 5 hours with one of the time servers at 1.Queries are forwarded to the DNS servers, statically configured or obtained by DHCP / PPP, on the WAN interface. The DNS forwarder service is enabled allowing PCs connecting to the LAN interface to use the LAN IP address as a DNS server. The DHCP service is enabled on the LAN interface so that PCs are correctly configured with an IP address in the 192.168.1.100 – 199 range.Web administration is allowed on the LAN interface IP (default 192.168.1.1/24) on port 80 (http).Inbound traffic entering on the WAN interface is blocked.Outbound NAT is enabled all outbound traffic passing through the WAN interface appears as if it originated from the WAN IP address.Traffic entering on the LAN interface is allowed to pass to any other interface, WAN and optional interfaces.The WAN interface is configured to get its IP configuration by DHCP.The web GUI has a simple layout with all configuration options and features grouped and listed in a pane down the left side of the page and the details of the selected option are displayed in a large pane on the right side of the page.Īs with most firewalls, m0n0wall offers a certain amount of security in its default configuration. Enter the defaults are admin and mono (both lowercase, no numbers) and you’ll be then taken straight to the Status page ( Figure 1). The screen shots and examples that follow are based on m0n0wall on the Soekris net4501, but are applicable to all the m0n0wall images.Įnter the m0n0wall IP address into the Address box of your web browser and you will be prompted for a Userid and Password. M0n0wall has a very simple, but easy to use Web interface for configuration.

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