On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 10:26:24 -0500 Bob Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why not let the 486 firewall box do the routing too, or is it your > goal to learn about commercial routers? You can run your own subnet > behind the firewall and use iptables/masquerading to provide > connectivity to the internet for hosts on your private subnet. > --Bob > Hello Bob, You've just hit the problem. I'm too much of a newbie to know what I am talking about. I'm in rural Australia doing dist-upgrades on a 56K modem over periods of between 1 to 3 days, so broadband is a necessary step. I have to find out a bit about network design as well, I suppose, and having the firewall do it is probably the way to go. I've got some tutes from 3Com and a couple of others bookmarked that I'll have to pay some attention to. Somebody has already pointed out that a router is probably overkill, and a D-Link DSL 300 is all I need. Thanks, David.
