From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 13 9:54:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2F237B4C5 for ; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:54:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id eADHso827211; Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:54:50 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 11:54:50 -0600 From: "Paul T. Root" To: Tim McMillen Cc: "Paul T. Root" , Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: FreeBSD GW vs Router Message-ID: <20001113115450.A27189@horton.iaces.com> References: <200011131415.eADEFXc26548@iaces.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from timcm@umich.edu on Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 12:20:58PM -0500 X-Organization: Qwest - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 13, 2000 at 12:20:58PM -0500, 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, No, that's not true. In the advanced section, there is a port translation table that allows specific port ranges into specific machines. Also there is a DMZ machine, where all the other ports are sent. > 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 > > > -- Physics is not a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money. --Leon Lederman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message