Subject: Re: Networking
From: Fielder George Dowding (fgdowding@iceworm-enterprises.net)
Date: Sun Dec 15 2002 - 17:40:12 AKST
Greetings all,
Yes, this can be done. However, I prefer to have one point of
connection so I can set up a fire wall and have no concern about
setting up pppoe on each and every machine. Yes, I know one still
may set up a firewall using only one Ethernet card. I am way too
paranoid for this unless it is the only solution.
Regarding saving a slot: there are plenty of older boxen that can be
used to set up an Internet server as its only function. In this
case, slots are not a problem. The same goes for the second NIC.
There are plenty of cards around, but pci cards don't cost much ~$10
to ~$20.
ymmv. fgd.
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 16:59:14 -0900
Jim Courtney <courtney@ieee.org> wrote:
>
> I do this with one Ethernet card. I plug all my machines,
> including the D= SL=20
> modem, into a hub. ppp0 is a separate interface that just happens
> to ride= on=20
> eth0. This way other machines on the LAN can also see the modem
> and set u= p=20
> their own independent pppoe connections, although most people
> probably ha= ve=20
> no use for that. It works good though, and saves a slot.
>
>snip!
-- Fielder George Dowding, Chief Iceworm dba Iceworm Enterprises, Anchorage, Alaska Since 1976 - Over 25 Years of Service.--------- To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org> with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
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