ipmasquerading? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Faller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:21 AM Subject: Proxy arp or bridge ?
> Hi, > > sorry if this is a little bit off topic: > > I am supposed to set up a firewall for ~ 60 PC's belonging to a part of a > subnet. > > As far as I have understood there are (at least) 2 possibilities for such a > setup. > - Use proxy arp, and set a route for every PC behind the firewall > - Configure the firewall as bridge > > I would prefer the proxy arp solution, but this would imply to set up 60 > routes, if I am correct. Would this be a performance problem ? > The firewall will be a pentium 133, kernel 2.4.5, with 2Intel Ether Express > cards. > > So, my question: > > - Any opinions about which would be the best (easy to setup and maintain) > most secure or fastest (in terms of network speed) solution ? > > - Is there an easier solution then to set up a route for every ip, when the > ip's are part of a larger subnet and not continuous ? > And how will performane decrease as a function of the number of routes ? > > Any hints apprechiated. > > > > Daniel > > > _____________________________________________ > Daniel Faller > Fakultaet fuer Physik > Abt. Honerkamp > Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg > > Tel.: 0761-203-5875 > Fax.: 0761-203-5967 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://webber.physik.uni-freiburg.de/~fallerd > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
