Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 10:28:20 -0500 From: Jeffrey Dunitz <orpheus@lemieux.condolan.asn> To: Mark Hughes <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> Cc: Todd Reed <ex279@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD as Router and Firewall Message-ID: <20010731102820.C6779@lemieux.condolan.asn> In-Reply-To: <038201c119c8$2b81b940$0200a8c0@mark2>; from mark@dvdnews.co.uk on Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:52:45PM %2B0100 References: <F14BC5RH2B9ZF42hBv1000022d6@hotmail.com> <038201c119c8$2b81b940$0200a8c0@mark2>
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On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 02:52:45PM +0100, Mark Hughes said something to the effect of: > > PC's) w/static IP's and the other goes to a DHCP cable modem. Is this > > something that is possible or would I be better off getting a Linksys or > > Netger Firewall/Router? I'd like to be able to browse the internet, etc > > from my other computers instead of just one! Any good tutorials right > off > > hand? I've one ran across a few. > > It's more than possible. And _I_ think it's preferable. The only downside to using a PC for a home firewall is power consumption. The benefits include lots of flexibility, and the satisfaction of knowing exactly what's going on with your network stuff. > > There's a few good tutorials at http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd, or > just searching at google can be fruitful. Do your internal PCs have static > real IPs, or private ones? If private ones, look into natd. > ...and if they _are_ real IPs, you might want to set up your NAT box and network with private IPs on the inside; most cablemodem providers charge a couple bucks extra per additional IP address, and there's no reason to pay for that. Not only that, but if you change cable providers, or even dump your cable and switch to dialup for a while or something like that, you don't have to reconfigure your internal machines. i've been through half a dozen ISPs in 4 years, and haven't had to reconfigure _anything_ (except sendmail) when I switched since I've been doing the private-IP+NAT thing. > HTH, > Mark > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jeffrey Dunitz | unix | orpheus@avalon.net BOFH Emeritus, Avalon Networks | perl | (651) 686-9974 / http://www.avalon.net/~orpheus | net/sec | Eagan, MN _ / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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