At 08:39 PM 12/13/98 +0100, you wrote:
The downside of your setup is that you have no firewall service capability. Using one linux box as a gateway would permit you have a firewall for your lan. I also set up a video conferencing reflector for a few cams around the hours, an in-house videoconferencing system (OK, I have a bit too much time on my hands...) and a test irc server for similar purposes (WAY too much time on my hands).
You can still do this. You put two NICs in the linux firewall, place it between the router and the network and point the other machines to the firewall as the default gateway. This should work. Also, as someone mentioned in a private question, the Accend Pipeline 75 performs the same function as my 3Com, but provides a firewall in the router as part of the package. I cannot attest to the quality of this firewall, or to the quality of the linux firewall for that matter. Since I am not serving anything to the net, I just have incomming unsolicited packets turned off and no one gets in.
Anyone know how to convince linux to make coffee? ;)
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