fail2ban advice needed

Greetings all; Is there someone familiar with fail2ban here? I just installed it and started it with the installation defaults, which I do not know since the init script has no "dump" option. However that bit of hungry guard dog only protects this machine, leaving the other 4 or sometimes 5 on my local network still open. So specifically, is there a way to broadcast the rules it applies to the other 4 or 5 machines, protecting them at the same time? Or possibly broadcast them to the router, which is running dd-wrt, and which is considered one of the more bulletproof reflash's about. I may be lucky, but since I do have a port forward to allow my web server, there is a potential attack point. Advice to a fail2ban new bee? Thank you. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>