At 12:39 PM 04/15/00 -0500, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Yep, I have DSL in St. Louis from Southwestern Bell w/ 5 static ips...and it is bridged as well. If you want routed DSL try exodus.net which I hear is very good.
Ok, I asked the original 5 IP question. But I haven't groked it completely yet, sorry. I'm not clear on what you mean by bridge. Let me explain my current home network and maybe some kind person could show me how things would changes under a 5 static IP DSL setup: I have three machines right now (I'll sell the extra two IP numbers to my neighbors... ;) Currently: 192.168.0.1: has modem that dials up my ISP. Also running a primary master DNS server (Nothing delegates to that DNS of course, although I have it pretend like it's the master for my domain). This machine is running dial on demand. 192.168.0.98 & .99 - one SuSE the other Win98. Both have the default gateway set as the .1 box. The SuSE box is running a slave DNS (off the .1 box), and the Win98 box has both the .1 and .99 box as its DNS servers. So, do I connect the DSL 'modem' onto my network (just as if I was adding another computer to the LAN), and then that machine becomes my new gateway, as I think Greg described it? (But then I wonder about a firewall setup.) What would people recommend about DNS? Should I run my own primary DNS, or should I pay the ISP (PacBell in my case here in California) to handle the DNS. Seems like I should do it, but that it would be a bad idea to also handle the secondary DNS on the same set of five IP numbers as I'd be out of luck if my DNS connection went down. Probably better to try to find a friendly person that would act as a secondary DNS (and also secondary for mail). Then I wonder if I could get Pacbell to delegate reverse DNS to my machine, too. Aren't there some servers that will block me if my reverse DNS doesn't match my DNS? About that firewall: I've had some people recommend using a separate firewall product (something like a SonicWall unit). I thought I could just setup one of my machines as the firewall using ipchains, but I'm confused how that would work with this 5 IP DSL setup. I'm really not that clear how all the parts fit together. Thanks again, Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.org -- 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/Doku/FAQ/