>> So let's see if I've got this straight?
>>
>> I can do IP masq with one ethernet card in the linux box (as
>> router/firewall)?
>>
>> cables:
>> DSL modem into Hub A
>> Linux Box into Hub A
>> Mac Workstations into Hub A
>>
>> ip addresses:
>> macs are set to 192.168.1.X
>> DSL IP comes in as y.y.y.y
>> linux box listens to y.y.y.y and 192.168.1.X
>>
>> this setup let's me be cheap and save my $19 but it opens my subnet wide to
>> anyone who figures out the subnet address? (kind of like a VPN for crackers)
>>
>> I think I'll spend the $19.
>>
>> Gavin
>
>
> Gavin,
> Normally true, but what I was looking for was what Civileme gave me as
> far as "reasonableness" of explanation. Oh and by the way my current
> router/firewall is an old 486 notebook with only one pcmcia slot. So for
> the moment a "new Nic" card would cost me a new box. *sigh* there are
> reasons for not using my linux/bsd development boxes as a
> firewall. Perhaps the best is that our boxes behind this firewall change
> almost daily. (people load new OS's move boxes to their homes etc etc
> constantly) New company, small income. Tiny firewall.
Actually I was only musing about my own impending DSL line. For a second
there I thought I might get away with just the 1 card that's already in the
box.
G
