ty for the info. he was using smoothwall. here is something i found
http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/index.php?mod=article&id=4#.UEwWN64fG1s
and a cont.
http://blog.allthingsgeek.com/article/index/index/id/16#.UEwWXa4fG1s.
i know this is backwards to what i said but might bring up some ideas.