Mike Marion wrote: > Quoting kelsey hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >cable ----- linux ------ switch > >modem box | || | > > | || | > > other boxes > > I used to do that.. the problem with that setup is that anytime you > want to work on "linux box" you lose your whole internet connection. > I found that to be a HUGE hassle.
I had a setup like that, and I often worked on the ``linux box'' without taking down the internet connection. For a kernel upgrade, there was a reboot. You get that with a linksys box, too, when you upgrade the firmware. If you adjust the firewall rules, you may lose the internet, but that would happen not too often, really. And you should not lose the internet connection, anyway. I think the idea of ``linux box'' is to have a more powerful router/firewall in place than the linksys and friends can provide, but otherwise you run it very similarly. This means putting something like RHEL or Debian Stable on it. If you are putting Gentoo or Fedora on it, then, really, you deserve to have your internet go down. Seriously. -john -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
