Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2009 mails)

[bpdavis5@xxxxxxxxxx (Brian Davis)]

On Wed, 06 Sep 2000 09:53:59 -0800, Alex Daniloff wrote:

>Hello Linux folkz,
>Friend of mine wanted to hook up his home network on the Internet.
>I advised him to use Linux box with two NICs as a firewall and gateway
>that I use for my home network. One NIC is connected to DSL modem,
>another NIC is connected to internal network hub. But he wants to use
>expensive one DSL modem with embedded firewall features connected
>directly to his home network hub.
>Could somebody tell please what network schema is more preferable in
>terms of security and protection?
>Thanks in advance.
>Alex
>
I'm using the Linksys BEFSR41, it works fine for me, haven't
had time to setup a Linux or *BSD solution. I've run portscans
on the Linksys and am quite pleased with the results.

The only gripe I have against the Linksys BEFSR41 is
in order to upgrade the firmware you MUST to use Windows,
so your friend will have to have a Windows partion on one of
his systems.


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