This hardware firewall solution is not necessarily a lost cause. I have configured many hardware firewalls and routers. This hardware doubles as an ip router, also? Right? Tell me what type it is, unless it is controlled by a university or any other organization that has not entrusted you to fiddle with their computuer assets. I don't like to think of myself as assisting any one in cracking. I'm a hacker(programmer) not a cracker(script kiddie?). If this is a personal component of yours or someone else that trusts you with their computer "stuff", I will help. That said and done (covering my posterior anatomy), give me the make and model of your hardware firewall. As far as I know, all hardware firewalls and routers are configurable.

altoine