o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Wondering about physical setup. > I had thought of running my network (part of it at least) like this: > > WAN == router == firewall == managed switch == complicated network > > It has been suggested to me that I should combine the router and > the firewall functions into the same machine. Which option (combining > functions or separating functions) gives a more robust network? > > Where would a pihole function in this scenario? > > My home network:
WAN (modem) == router/firewall == switch == uncomplicated network The pihole resides as part of the uncomplicated network, plugged into the switch. My consumer router/firewall has unused ports; it could have gone in one of them. In any case, I'd recommend it being inside the firewall with the rest of the network. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
