FireBrick 2700 Configuration run-through

Here we will build a config file for a FB2700, from scratch, it should help you to build a configuration for your line(s) and help you understand the XML syntax etc.

Overview

We have an ADSL line with the following details:

• Username= abc@a.1 Password=secret
• Routed IP block = 90.155.1.0/28

Default Config

The default configuration (or a fully-loaded FireBrick) looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/
http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/0.00.605.xsd"
timestamp="1970-01-01T00:00:07Z">
<port name="LAN1" ports="1"/>
<port name="LAN2" ports="2"/>
<port name="LAN3" ports="3"/>
<port name="LAN4" ports="4"/>
<interface port="LAN1">
<subnet comment="dhcp client"/>
<subnet ip="2001:DB8::1/64 10.0.0.1/24" nat="true"
comment="Temporary IPs for setup only, delete when finished configuring"/>
<dhcp ip="10.0.0.100-199"/>
</interface>
<ppp port="LAN4" username="startup_user@startup_domain" password=""
comment="Example PPPoE config for DSL/FTTC/FTTP/etc"/>
<services>
<ntp/>
<telnet comment="Set allow IP list to restrict access"/>
<http/>
</services>
<rule-set target-interface="LAN1" drop="reject" comment="default
firewall rule - block incoming">
<rule source-interface="self" comment="allow from the FireBrick
though"/>
</rule-set>
</config>

Which sets up the 4 Ethernet ports as separate LANs, and an IP of 10.0.0.1 (and 2001:DB8::1) with the FireBrick acting DHCP server on the first port. So, connecting a computer to Port 1 should get you a 10.0.0.x IP address, and you can access http://10.0.0.1

Port 4 is set as an example of a PPPoE client, we'll set this up a little later.

Configuring Initial Basic Settings

Set yourself a user with full debug rights, eg:

<user name="john" timeout="PT20M" level="DEBUG" password="secret"/>

Modify the ntp time server to use the AAISP time server:

<ntp timeserver="90.155.53.32 2001:8B0:0:53::5A9B:3520"/>

modify the telnet service to permit only access from your LAN:

<telnet allow="90.155.1.0/28"/>

LAN Subnet

We want to use just Ethernet port 1 on the FireBrick for our LAN, we'll be connecting port 1 to a switch, and all our devices will be plugged in to that switch.

So, first we'll add a new subnet, this can go under the current 10.0.0.1 subnet (which we'll delete later.) And we'll make this a DHCP server:

<subnet ip="90.155.1.1/28" comment="LAN"/>
<dhcp ip="90.155.1.2-12"/>

Remove the existing DHCP settings for the 10.0.0.1 interface. The LAN! interface now looks like this:

<interface port="LAN1">
<subnet comment="dhcp client"/>
<subnet ip="2001:DB8::1/64 10.0.0.1/24" nat="true" comment="Temporary IPs for setup only, delete when finished configuring"/>
<subnet ip="90.155.1.1/28" comment="LAN"/>
<dhcp ip="90.155.1.2-12"/>
</interface>

Our complete config now looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/
http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/0.00.605.xsd" timestamp="1970-01-01T00:00:07Z">
<user name="john" timeout="PT20M" level="DEBUG" password="secret"/>
<port name="LAN1" ports="1"/>
<port name="LAN2" ports="2"/>
<port name="LAN3" ports="3"/>
<port name="LAN4" ports="4"/>
<interface port="LAN1">
<subnet comment="dhcp client"/>
<subnet ip="2001:DB8::1/64 10.0.0.1/24" nat="true" comment="Temporary IPs for setup only, delete when finished configuring"/>
<subnet ip="90.155.1.1/28" comment="LAN"/>
<dhcp ip="90.155.1.2-12"/>
</interface>
<ppp port="LAN4" username="startup_user@startup_domain" password=""
comment="Example PPPoE config for DSL/FTTC/FTTP/etc"/>
<services>
<ntp timeserver="90.155.53.32 2001:8B0:0:53::5A9B:3520"/>
<telnet allow="90.155.1.0/28"/>
<http/>
</services>
<rule-set target-interface="LAN1" drop="reject" comment="default
firewall rule - block incoming">
<rule source-interface="self" comment="allow from the FireBrick
though"/>
</rule-set>
</config>

At this point we can save the config, there should be no errors.

Our computer should then pick up a new 90.155.1.x IP address, and we can connected back to the FireBrick on http://90.155.1.1

if that works, we can now safely remove the DHCP client subnet and the 10.0.0.1 subnet, so remove the lines:

<subnet comment="dhcp client"/>
<subnet ip="2001:DB8::1/64 10.0.0.1/24" nat="true"
comment="Temporary IPs for setup only, delete when finished configuring"/>

Save, and re-connect to the web interface.

PPPoE

The FireBrick 2700 supports PPPoE - so you can use it to connect via a modem, eg a:

• FTTC Modem
• A standard issue AAISP ZyXEL P660-D1, in bridge mode
• Another modem set for bridge mode
• A modem such as a or Draytek 120

In our default config we already have some PPPoE settings:

<ppp port="LAN4" username="startup_user@startup_domain" password="" comment="Example PPPoE config for DSL/FTTC/FTTP/etc"/>

This is using Ethernet port 4, so plug your modem in to that port.

This line can be changed for your ADSL settings, eg:

<ppp port="WAN1" username="abc@a.1" password="secret" comment="BT ADSL" graph="BT ADSL" log="true"/>

We've also set the FireBrick to create a graph for this, as well as to log.

We've changed the port to WAN1, so we also need to change the port config earlier in the file, so change

<port name="LAN4" ports="4"/>

to:

<port name="WAN1" ports="4"/>

Our complete config in full now looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config xmlns="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/
http://firebrick.ltd.uk/xml/fb2700/0.00.605.xsd" timestamp="1970-01-01T00:00:07Z">
<user name="john" timeout="PT20M" level="DEBUG" password="secret"/>
<port name="LAN1" ports="1"/>
<port name="LAN2" ports="2"/>
<port name="LAN3" ports="3"/>
<port name="WAN4" ports="4"/>
<interface port="LAN1">
<subnet comment="dhcp client"/>
<subnet ip="2001:DB8::1/64 10.0.0.1/24" nat="true" comment="Temporary IPs for setup only, delete when finished configuring"/>
<subnet ip="90.155.1.1/28" comment="LAN"/>
<dhcp ip="90.155.1.2-12"/>
</interface>
<ppp port="WAN1" username="abc@a.1" password="secret" comment="BT ADSL" graph="BT ADSL" log="true"/>
<services>
<ntp timeserver="90.155.53.32 2001:8B0:0:53::5A9B:3520"/>
<telnet allow="90.155.1.0/28"/>
<http/>
</services>
<rule-set target-interface="LAN1" drop="reject" comment="default
firewall rule - block incoming">
<rule source-interface="self" comment="allow from the FireBrick
though"/>
</rule-set>
</config>

Native IPv6

Assuming you have an IPv6 block allocated to your line on Clueless and you're using the FB for PPPoE, then all the FB config needs is:

• An IPv6 address on the LAN subnet
• ra="true" in the subnet

Your computers should then get IPv6 details. test on http://ip.help.me.uk