[H-GEN] IP Chains question

[Chuckles]

Andrew Pullin wrote:
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> Hi Guys (and Gals),
>
> My ISP has decided that I need a new range of IP addresses since he 
> has changed over his addresses to a different range. I am quite 
> confident in changing the network over, but I am quite inexperienced 
> in the use of IP Chains.
>
> When I set up my network, I had a friendly HUMBUGer assist me in 
> locking down the system with IP Chains and I have never had either any 
> problems, nor needed to change the original configuration. Now I will 
> need to change the configuration, and being basically lazy (like many 
> *nix users), I don't want to learn (right now) the intricassies of IP 
> Chains for just one job. I just want a quick and dirty (but safe and 
> secure) method to change the IP Chains config file until I can get the 
> time to learn it properly.
>
> So my question is:
>
> Can I do something simple like a search and replace of my new IP 
> Address range for the old IP address range in the config file, or do I 
> need to rebuild the file from some tool or some other convoluted method.

do you know how ipchains is being setup, is there a script that runs 
during initialisation? Or do you have a system like smoothwall installed?


>
>
> As I said, I only need to do this once, so I really don't want to 
> spend hours(days) researching this for one job. So if anyone can help, 
> or if anyone is willing to come over and spend half an hour in 
> Zillmere/Aspley for free or some small token fee (six pack of beer 
> etc). I would be most appreciative. The change over will probably 
> occur in the next week or so, so I need to know soonish.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Cheers!
>
> Andrew
>
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