[SLE] DHCP, Routers, and Linux - Oh My!
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch. Any experience with using one of these things with Linux? Thanks, Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
On 23 Oct 2000, at 18:49, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch.
To quote Linksys' web site: "The Router can be used with any computer running TCP/IP through an Ethernet or Fast Ethernet connection." I'm using a Cisco 675 with no problems, either with OpenBSD (which is my current firewall) or Linux. I haven't used DHCP, though, as I don't like the idea of running unnecessary services on a firewall, and I'm also too lazy to set it up for 4-5 machines. As for the Cisco as a firewall, it's password encryption system is proprietary-- it can't be verified as being secured-- and I can't install ssh on it, and would instead have to use telnet, so I'm using it in bridging mode with console-only access. Cheers, Dennis
Any experience with using one of these things with Linux?
Thanks, Tim
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Hi, I don't know how one of those things work with Linux, but I can't see why they shouldn't work, as theyr'e not speaking directly to the Linux boxen, but rather providing a network service. I myself use a linux box ( currently P100, but will downgrade to 486 ;) to share my DSL connection - works great. ( a natural firewall - ipchains, dhcp - yes, DNS yup that too, 10..100..1000... just a question of what cards I have handy, etc :) -tosi On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 06:49:12PM -0500, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch.
Any experience with using one of these things with Linux?
Thanks, Tim
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Mine works..... Have a WinME box, a Win2K server, and SuSE 7.0 PRO set up on it. I had problems with DHCP, and set it up as a static private IP. Works just fine. Laszlo -----Original Message----- From: Timothy R. Butler [mailto:tbutler@uninetsolutions.com] Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:49 PM To: SuSE Mailing List Subject: [SLE] DHCP, Routers, and Linux - Oh My! Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch. Any experience with using one of these things with Linux? Thanks, Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
I tried that setup before with the static private IP, however my DSL provider occasionally reboots their core routers and the IP addresses that I receive shift and change. Linux and Win95 run both dhcp here. Mark On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Laszlo Gulyas wrote: | Mine works..... | | Have a WinME box, a Win2K server, and SuSE 7.0 PRO set up on it. I had | problems with DHCP, and set it up as a static private IP. Works just fine. | | Laszlo | | -----Original Message----- | From: Timothy R. Butler [mailto:tbutler@uninetsolutions.com] | Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 4:49 PM | To: SuSE Mailing List | Subject: [SLE] DHCP, Routers, and Linux - Oh My! | | | Hi everyone, | Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet | like | @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port | Cable/DSL | Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural | firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port | Switch. | | Any experience with using one of these things with Linux? | | Thanks, | Tim | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks | Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 | ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller | tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com | ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== | | | | -- | To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com | For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com | Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq | | | | -- | To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com | For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com | Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq | | -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
I haven't tried one of these yet. I read elsewhere that the built-in "firewall" is fairly basic, and the ideal setup is to get a single-port router that plugs into a two-nic linux that provides additional firewall/masq services. (The other NIC is for the network hub.) A bit redundant but provides a more secured network. Personally, I like the compact form factor but the available features don't match a custom-built linux box. Christopher Reimer On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch.
Any experience with using one of these things with Linux?
Thanks, Tim
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Yes. I have experience with both. I use Zoomtown here in Cincinnati Ohio and it works great! That is...if you're talking about ADSL. The router/modem is a totally separate entity from Linux and has it's own os and commands to contend with. I don't know much about the setup of the modem/router but I have read a little about them in a book about Cisco routers. All I do is use lynx to connect through the router to the internet and I share my connection to another computer which runs Win95 and also run Samba to share files through our intranet. Mark On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Timothy R. Butler wrote: | Hi everyone, | Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like | @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL | Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural | firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port | Switch. | | Any experience with using one of these things with Linux? | | Thanks, | Tim | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks | Information Tech. Consultant Christian Web Services Since 1996 | ICQ #12495932 AIM: Uninettm An Authorized IPSwitch Reseller | tbutler@uninetsolutions.com http://www.uninetsolutions.com | ===================== "Solutions that Work" ===================== | | | | -- | To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com | For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com | Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq | | -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
Hi, On 10/23/00 at 6:49 PM Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch.
Any experience with using one of these things with Linux?
I picked up a Netgear 314 router which provides the same functions. I am very pleased with its performance. I am using it with DHCP (to get its own and to serve my network). I can confirm that it works with SuSE 6.3, 6.4 (x86 and AXP), 7.0 (all with dhclient IIRC), Debian potato, Win 98, NT and MacOS 9 and 8.6. I imagine the Linksys would be little different as a friend runs one with Macs and RH. One of these days I'd like all the machines on the router to be net servers and run a choke firewall behind it for the clients, but time is short and necessity (motivation) is low. Someone on the list gave me this link which I found very informative http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm Good luck and enjoy, Tim -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
I have a Linksys BEFSR41 4 port Cable Router. It works flawlessly. It allows you to do MAC spoofing, which I wanted. My home system runs sendmail and apache with no problems. The only anomaly is that when I establish an ssh connection to the Boston Linux server, the connection is broken after a few minutes of idle time. When I received my BEFSR41, I configured the unit from my laptop (which also runs SuSE), installed the latest firmware (the firmware revision on the unit did not support MAC spoofing). Once configured, I connected the unit to the cable modem, shut down and restarted the network on my main system and everything came up. I use static addresses (192.168.0.n) for the two systems in the house that need forwarded ports, and dynamic addresses for the other systems. I run 5 systems in my house, 2 Windows (for wife), my server and main system, my laptop, and my DEC Alpha (Red Hat). Not one of the systems experienced any problem. On 24 Oct 2000, at 8:50, Tim Duggan wrote:
Hi,
On 10/23/00 at 6:49 PM Timothy R. Butler wrote:
Hi everyone, Does anyone here know if/how well a router (for sharing broadband internet like @Home cable internet) works in Linux? I'm looking at the Linksys 4-port Cable/DSL Router (Average Retail $179, Amazon.com $149), which provides a "natural firewall", DHCP services, and a 10/100 (with "Full Duplex 200 Mbps") 4-Port Switch.
Any experience with using one of these things with Linux?
Jerry Feldman
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