Installation

Hello all,

I'm new to m0n0wall, but it surely looks promising  I've been reading a lot about it and played around with it. What I'm trying to accomplish is that monowall as a VM protects the other VM's and the host it runs on (the host is a Win 2003 server directly connected to the cable modem). Here's how my network is set up:

CABLE MODEM
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Windows 2003 server with 2 NIC's and VMWare server installed
         NIC 1 = directly connected to the cable modem and gets IP settings through DHCP (80.56.X.X)
         NIC 2 = manual private IP address (in this case 192.168.1.10)

NIC 1 is in bridged mode in the m0n0wall VM and acts as the WAN IP
NIC 2 is on a separate vmnet (in this case vmnet2) and act as the LAN IP

The LAN part works fine. The problem is with the WAN IP. The cable modem already gave a DHCP-lease to the physical NIC 1 of the host itself, the WAN IP in the m0n0wall VM stays at 0.0.0.0 in DHCP mode. Should I change this to static IP to simulate a separate network from the LAN?? Obviously I'm doing something wrong, but can't seem to find what..     How can I let the m0n0wall VM protect the WAN connection of the host it runs on? Any help would be welcome!

Try de-selecting the TCP/IP Service in the properties of the LAN card that is connected to your modem!