On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 09:15, W.Kenworthy wrote: > It will work like you visualise: but this configuration is not the best. > Get a switch and another network card for your gateway.
Actually that wouldn't work. What he needs is a way to prioritise traffic. Try looking at some packet shaping rules > adsl/modem/whatever ---- gateway ---- switch ---- pc1 > |--- pc2 > |--- ... > Better security, easier to admin, harder to bypass, ... > > Prioritising traffic is easy, but on a fast link that usually is not > fully loaded, it slows things down slightly - I use it, but am unable to > make my mind up thats it a real advantage or not on balance. > > BillK > > > On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 19:19 -0500, Colin wrote: > > I've got a problem that I think Gentoo can solve... > > > > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list -- Ow Mun Heng Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! Neuromancer 23:22:40 up 2:23, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.20, 0.14 -- [email protected] mailing list
