Re: [SLE] Need sugestion on network sharing
First, my apology if I break the threading since my local SMTP has problem, so I need to switch to web-based mail. On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:00, John Andersen wrote:
Since your url does not work, I have no idea if that is a modem or a firewall/router or what.
sorry, should be: http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html
But the short answer is that for $12 you can buy a second network card for your linux box and turn it into a router/firewall for as many machines as you wish. You will need only one public IP for this.
We're all using laptop. So, we prefer a "real" router. I've checked a little bit about the motorola modem, and it's FAQ says that it doesn't support NAT. So it seems that we need to purchase a router. Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences? -- -- Verdi March -- -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 00:09, Verdi March wrote:
Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences?
No real differences. A box with two nics and some sort of routing software (often linux based). A non-broadband one might have a modem in place of one of the nics. An old p133 with 96meg of memory and a tiny hard drive is what I use for a router/firewall. It has the minimal installation of suse 8.1 on it (no gui) and shorewall from shorewall.net is what I use to set up the iptables. It has no monitor, sits in the corner and does its job of passing packets and keeping people out of my network. I've used those little boxes (router/firewall broadband) units too, but find shorewall more flexible and easy to configure. The pre-built things are harder to configure inbound connections with. Lynksys is the big name in that field. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:09:34AM +0200, Verdi March Wrote:
First, my apology if I break the threading since my local SMTP has problem, so I need to switch to web-based mail.
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:00, John Andersen wrote:
Since your url does not work, I have no idea if that is a modem or a firewall/router or what.
sorry, should be: http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html
But the short answer is that for $12 you can buy a second network card for your linux box and turn it into a router/firewall for as many machines as you wish. You will need only one public IP for this.
We're all using laptop. So, we prefer a "real" router. I've checked a little bit about the motorola modem, and it's FAQ says that it doesn't support NAT. So it seems that we need to purchase a router.
Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences?
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I would look at getting a firewall appliance like a SonicWall. You can pick up a Webramp 700s off of ebay for around $100.00. It can do nat/dhcp and port forwarding. -- _ _ __ _____ _____ ___| |_ | '__| / __\ \ /\ / / _ \/ _ \ __| -o) | | _ \__ \\ V V / __/ __/ |_ /\\ |_|(_) |___/ \_/\_/ \___|\___|\__|_\_v rsweet@garagenetworks.net "there's no love in fear."
On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Robert Sweet wrote:
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:09:34AM +0200, Verdi March Wrote:
First, my apology if I break the threading since my local SMTP has problem, so I need to switch to web-based mail.
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:00, John Andersen wrote:
Since your url does not work, I have no idea if that is a modem or a firewall/router or what.
sorry, should be: http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html
But the short answer is that for $12 you can buy a second network card for your linux box and turn it into a router/firewall for as many machines as you wish. You will need only one public IP for this.
We're all using laptop. So, we prefer a "real" router. I've checked a little bit about the motorola modem, and it's FAQ says that it doesn't support NAT. So it seems that we need to purchase a router.
Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences?
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I would look at getting a firewall appliance like a SonicWall. You can pick up a Webramp 700s off of ebay for around $100.00. It can do nat/dhcp and port forwarding.
-- _ _ __ _____ _____ ___| |_ | '__| / __\ \ /\ / / _ \/ _ \ __| -o) | | _ \__ \\ V V / __/ __/ |_ /\\ |_|(_) |___/ \_/\_/ \___|\___|\__|_\_v rsweet@garagenetworks.net "there's no love in fear."
you can get a seimens firewall router that will do all that for around 35 usd at office depot.
On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 21:07, will wrote:
On Tuesday, June 3, 2003, at 10:46 AM, Robert Sweet wrote:
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:09:34AM +0200, Verdi March Wrote:
First, my apology if I break the threading since my local SMTP has problem, so I need to switch to web-based mail.
On Tuesday 03 June 2003 16:00, John Andersen wrote:
Since your url does not work, I have no idea if that is a modem or a firewall/router or what.
sorry, should be: http://broadband.motorola.com/noflash/sb5100.html
But the short answer is that for $12 you can buy a second network card for your linux box and turn it into a router/firewall for as many machines as you wish. You will need only one public IP for this.
We're all using laptop. So, we prefer a "real" router. I've checked a little bit about the motorola modem, and it's FAQ says that it doesn't support NAT. So it seems that we need to purchase a router.
Btw, what is the difference between "router" and "broadband router"? Are there any significant technical differences?
There really isn't any difference between "router" and "broadband router". It's a marketing thing.
I would look at getting a firewall appliance like a SonicWall. You can pick up a Webramp 700s off of ebay for around $100.00. It can do nat/dhcp and port forwarding.
you can get a seimens firewall router that will do all that for around 35 usd at office depot.
Check out Belkin's refurbished equipment (www.belkin.com). I just bought some 4-port routers to keep on the shelf for around $10 each! NICs were like $2 (I know you don't need internal NICs w/your laptops). They also had a wireless router for $30 and I got one of those, too. Simplest solutions are the nicest. Cheers, Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
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