Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:00:03 -0500 From: "default013 - subscriptions" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: <gwen@nvnsvch.org> Subject: Re: creating a local area network Message-ID: <OE350osA91E9GQvnbEG000002c4@hotmail.com> References: <OE52lXCCzunMkE46sff000083ef@hotmail.com> <20010717180122.A1188@nvnsvch.org>
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Hi Gwen, Thanks for your help... I am still confused as to why one can't bind a 192.168 addy to the regular nic and access it that way... I tried it and was only able to access it from the server itself... I think what I am going to do is either do what you suggest (Someone told me about a decent tutorial with a basic IPFW ruleset on it here: http://www.bsdtoday.com/2000/December/Features359.html , I assume this is pretty much the setup that you have...) I am now trying to decide on whether I should do this, or whether I should just get one of those DSL routers with a firewall installed on it... I called SMC about this one: http://www.smc.com/smc/pages_html/homef.html and they told me that it was capable of doing this... of course the firewall isn't nearly as good as IPFW but... it's not bad either... What do you think? ... My main goal in mind is to create an internal network for myself so that I do not have to go through the internet from my workstations to reach back to my servers... Secondly I am interested in a firewall, but... for now I can deal with the bare necessities... I may just have to pay someone for consultation... I'm a pretty decent system administrator, but I don't really know much about networking :P ... yet :) Thanks, Jordan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwendolyn" <gwen@nvnsvch.org> To: "default013 - subscriptions" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 5:01 PM Subject: Re: creating a local area network > Look up natd. This will allow you to give private addressing to your LAN. > > What I do: > > DSL Modem --> Firewall --> hub > > The firewall has two NICs, eth1 is addressed with the Internet IP address > given by my ISP, eth0 is addressed with the private IP I assigned it from > the 10.x.x.x block. The firewall is also running natd and ipmasq (yes, it's > linux, shh) so that it knows what the private LAN configuration scheme is and > sends all the packets to the appropriate places. All the other machines are > plugged into my hub. > > I recommend "Bulding Linux and OpenBSD Firewalls" by Sonnenreich and Yates > for how to do the firewall schema. I'm sure others here have given you good > references for natd. :) > > gwen. > > * default013 - subscriptions (default013subscriptions@hotmail.com) [010717 15:53]: > > Hello, > > > > I'm trying to create a local area network so that when I connect to my UNIX > > machines, I connect to them through the local area network instead of having > > to go through the internet... (mostly because sometimes I have trouble > > connecting to my machines through the regular internet... not sure why, but > > they do use different gateways so, I figure that sometimes they may have > > trouble communicating with eachother) > > > > I am not quite sure on how to go about doing this. I am reading up on > > networking right now, and I'm thinking that I may be able to setup a local > > area network I.P. address on each system that I could access it with... > > someone has also told me that I could use a switch? ... I am not quite sure > > how either one would work... If anyone could give me some pointers I would > > appreciate it greatly. > > > > Jordan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > gwen. > Systems Adminstrator, pair Networks, Inc. > http://www.gw3n.com/ > > <myke^> frogger# ls -ld /usr > <myke^> drw------- 32 root wheel 512 Jul 19 1998 /usr > <myke^> well, that's a pretty secure /usr all right > <myke^> won't have any pesky users messing aound in there > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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