vegard wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 04:28:08AM -0500, Ron Murray wrote: >> I have a slightly more complicated network topology than normal: >> >> >> Debian box as >> (Internet) <-----> firewall/router <-------- Ethernet LAN ---------> etc >> (1) | >> | >> Debian box >> as router (2) >> | >> | >> Wireless LAN >> | >> | >> etc >> > > My setup is; > > > (Internet) <---> OpenBSD as > firewall/router <------ Ethernet LAN > ^ > | > | > | > Wireless LAN > > > > Any particular reason you don't run it on the same box? I think that > makes it a bit simpler, no?
I did actually have it that way once, but the firewall box I was using at the time was more than a little old and didn't have any free PCI slots. I needed to add a card for another purpose, which meant there was no room for three NIC cards. That was when I offloaded the wireless LAN to the other box. You're right though: it would make things a lot simpler (one default route to rule them all etc etc etc), and I do have a machine in the firewall position that could take another NIC card, but right now I don't feel like that much work. Unless there's no other way, that is. And, of course, this way I learn a lot about routing. Sigh. But thanks for your response! .....Ron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
