I'm considering testing out the control panel but at the moment I'm sharing a wireless connected to another computer via my eth0 interface. I have never used the panel before but I read that it has it's own firewall. Could ICS be configured through the control panel firewall or would I have to use iptables and disable the firewall built in? Trying to get more info on it before I install it. If it won't work for my situation then I'll surely not worry about installing it. This isn't a production server or anything just my personal server/desktop. I love playing around with all this stuff the panel looks pretty awesome on the website. I have to admit I really want it. Looks like it would be fun to use.
