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<LI><em>From</em>: "Dominic J. Eidson" &lt;<A HREF="mailto:sauron#the-infinite,org">sauron#the-infinite,org</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 4 Mar 2000 00:17:23 -0600 (CST)</LI>
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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Jon A. Lambert wrote:

&gt; J C Lawrence wrote:
&gt; &gt;

[Kept the list of HW to make things simpler]

&gt;     A 486dx66 with 16mb running slackware Linux
&gt;     A Pentium 90 with 32mb running Win95
&gt;     A 400mhz P-II with 64mb running Win98
&gt;     A new dual 500mhz P-III with 128mb running Win2000/server 
&gt;     
&gt;     I've got a 56k dial-up connection running off the P-II.

[Snip]

&gt; I'm confused about this issue.   I was planning on connecting the P-III
&gt; right onto the net.  Should I instead use the 486 or P90 as a router? 
&gt; What are the downsides and upsides of using the linux machine as a 
&gt; firewall/router?  Could I also use it as a browser gateway, since
&gt; I'd like the P-II to have web access.   Would I only need 1 static 
&gt; IP for all 3 machines?  (I'm planning on scrapping one of them.)

With the machines you have, I would suggest a setup somewhere along the
following:

 56k modem/DSL/Cable
      \
        \
         486[1] --- hub/switch ---- P90
                     /     \
                   /         \
                P2/400       P3/500

(And remove whichever one later you want to remove.)

[1] The 486 you set up as GW box (if you want, you can run NAT/IP
    Masquerading on it).

If you choose to go the NAT/IP Masquerading route, I'd suggest reading the
IP Masquerading-HOWTO (or mini-howto) - it has a nice short step-by-step
process for doing this. As for how feasible this is to do - we do NAT at
work (we have approx. 2500 machines on our LAN/WAN, all firewalled/NAT'ed
through one poor Ultra10...

If you choose to give all 3 (4?) public IP's, then all you would have to
do is set the routes on the 486 to point to the correct interface for the
various IP/s.

&gt; &gt;Switches: HP makes some very nice equipment.  Hot pluggable, full
&gt; &gt;(and well done) SNMP support, remote console, etc.  Been a while
&gt; &gt;since I've bought one, but they were comparitively reasonably priced
&gt; &gt;last time I did.

Small plug here - I know the gear is expensive, but I am biased towards
Bay Networks (maybe soon to be called Nortel) (mainly because we use it
exclusively and have had very little problems with it.)


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Dominic J. Eidson
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00531" HREF="msg00531.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Network Setup</A></strong>, 
cg <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 02:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00540" HREF="msg00540.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Network Setup</A></strong>, 
Steve Boleware <a href="mailto:boleware#bossig,com">boleware#bossig,com</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 07:17 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00548" HREF="msg00548.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Mud Network Setup</A></strong>, 
Joe Andrieu <a href="mailto:joe#andrieu,net">joe#andrieu,net</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 20:14 GMT
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Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 05:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00538" HREF="msg00538.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Network Setup</A></strong>, 
Dominic J. Eidson <a href="mailto:sauron#the-infinite,org">sauron#the-infinite,org</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 06:24 GMT
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J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sat 04 Mar 2000, 07:16 GMT
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