Simon Slater wrote: > G'day everyone, > I've been working through a networking cookbook that obviously > assumes > some basic knowledge on networking ... that I don't have. So to humbly > ask of the gurus here: > > When a firewall computer has 2 nics, they should be on separate > subnets? Yes? > > When an ISP dynamically assigns an ip address, is it associated with > the dsl router, eth0 where it plugs in, or the ppp0 device that does the > communicating? > > So if eth1 goes to a lan and has its ip address configured in its > ifcfg-eth1 and similarly eth0 on the wan side is configured to get its > address from dhcp, is it the ISP's dhcp server that it needs to get the > address from or the local dhcp server? > > With respect to the ip address for configuration of the dsl router > (defaults to 192.168.1.1 for this Linksys AG300), which subnet should it > be on, the lan side or wan? > > Slightly more advanced: What are the pros and cons of using an ifup > ppp0 command from the firewall computer to connect with the ISP versus > connecting from within the dsl router itself? > > Thanks in advance. > Why do these sound like test/homework questions?
Mikkel
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