From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 13 9:34:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from clockwork.csudsu.com (clockwork.csudsu.com [209.249.57.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D637637B479 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:34:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (stefan@localhost) by clockwork.csudsu.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA87071; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:34:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stefan@csudsu.com) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:34:32 -0800 (PST) From: Stefan Molnar To: Tim McMillen Cc: "Paul T. Root" , Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD GW vs Router In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Linksys firewall boxed do port forwarding. On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Tim McMillen wrote: > > > Yes we have a linksys cable/dsl router here too and it works well. But > you wouldn't have near the flexibility that a FreeBSD solution could give > you. As far as I know there is no way with the linksys router to have > outside access to specific machines in the LAN. It gives acces TO the > internet from machines behind it, but it doesn't allow access to your > specific machine FROM the internet. I would like to be corrected on that > because I would like to be able to ssh into my freebsd box (which is > one of the three machines in the LAN behind the Linksys) when I'm away > from home. Thanks, > > Tim > > > On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Paul T. Root wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Roop Nanuwa said: > > > > > Hi.. me again =) > > > > > Our company wants to switch from a FreeBSD gateway on a T1 > > > (supplying internal IPs & internet access to internal boxes) to a LinkSys > > > Cable/DSL type router. Has anyone ever used these routers? Are they > > > better/worse/same as having a FreeBSD GW? > > > > > Any input would be appreciated.. thanks > > > > > RSN > > > > I just got a Linksys at home. It's great. Before I had an old > > Compaq 486 running 2.2.8-Stable being a gw/nat/fw dialing up to > > my old ISP. And that worked well. > > > > Then I got a Cable Modem. I tried adding a ethernet card (a second > > 3Com) into the Compaq and the Compaq barfed. I decided since I > > wanted to do some VPN stuff anyway, that I'd reinstall upto 4.1 > > but the Compaq wouldn't take it. I gave up trying, since after > > all it is a Compaq. > > > > So, I bought the 4 port Linksys. Hard to beat $150. It just works. > > No moving parts to break. It's a 10M downlink port and a 4 port > > 10/100 Switch. Pretty cool. It's got a simple web interface for > > managing dhcp, nat, static/dynamic routing, and Port translation. > > > > So, I don't know how you get your T1 into an ethernet (that sounds > > like a router too), but the Linksys is a nice, simple and solution to > > the problem. > > > > Paul. > > > > > > -- > > Religion can make a person well rounded or an idiot. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message