Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 20:39:55 -0800 (PST) From: Brian <bri@sonicboom.org> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@helium.clari.net.au> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DSL services to apartments Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103232037080.9216-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010324143255.5285C-100000@helium.clari.net.au>
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It kind of to me depends on whether these apartment dwellers will be paying customers, or are you just lookin to get the building wired for giant lan parties and such? Seriously, my take is that it is on you to provide some security from the net, blocking spoofing, icmp mischief, and other traffic types. How many potential users btw? Perhaps recommend software firewalls, black ice as an example, to the end users. Brian On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > I'm thinking of providing Internet access to an apartment block via a DSL > line. DSL is new to Melbourne and I have not actually used one myself, > yet, so please bear with me. I get the impression that the best way to do > this is: > > Internet > | > DSLRouter-----[SWITCH] > | | | | > A B C D...etc > > I'd like to use a FreeBSD box in place of SWITCH, but there is an issue of > port density. > > If the above scenario is appropriate then I can use either a dumb switch > or a programmable switch. The dumb switch would allow people to see PCs > in other apartments. The programmable switch could prevent that. > > Can anyone let me know (a) is it worth putting in the programmable switch, > or should I just tell people to secure their own PCs; (b) what are > people's recommendations for a low cost per port programmable switch? > > Also, is there a completely different approach that I should consider? > I'm open to any suggestions, provided the cost to the end user is > realistic. > > Thanks, > > Danny > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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