those english teachers!......grrrrr..... LOL!
Thnx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:26, you wrote: > in english? Translation follows:- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Devine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 2:23 PM > Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling > > > Hi, You put two Nics in so one connects to your switch witch is Hi, You put two Ethernet Network Interface Cards into your firewall machine. > > connected to your machines, You connect one of the Network Interface Card to your network switch, > > The other nic is connected to you ADSL hub > > thing. and connect the other Ethernet Network Interface Card to the ADSL router or 'modem' as the case may be. > > But if you Adsl/Dialup is not a hub/switch you only need one nic > > card in your Firewall/Gateway that connects to your machines. However if the ADSL interface you have is not an external modem or router, i.e. it is an internal card, you only need one Ethernet Network Interface Network Card. The other one is replaced by the ADSL interface. > > > > Ben ( Who should be giving his English Language teacher a thumping good kick every day until (s)he -- the teacher -- learns how to do the job properly! :-) > > > > +----------------------------+ > > > > | http://devine.orcon.net.nz | > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > > > +----------------------------+ > > > > Justin Soong wrote: > > > So a Ipcop machine needs two NIC's. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:06 AM > > > Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling > > > > > > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 23:30, you wrote: > > >>looks like gibraltar needs a hiher spec computer than Ipcop > > > > > > Yes, in particular you need a reasonably new CDROM drive which can read > > CD-R > > > > disks and go reasonably fast. > > > > > >>----- Original Message ----- > > >>From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 11:23 PM > > >>Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling > > >> > > >>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 21:57, you wrote: > > >>>Reading the IP cop faq, it says I needs a whole computer to run ipcop. > > > > > > is > > > > > >>>ipcop a distro or what. > > >> > > >>In effect IPCop is a very special distro. It's a firewall distro. > > >> > > >>You might like to look at Gibraltar too. > > >> > > >>http://www.gibraltar.at/ > > >> > > >>>----- Original Message ----- > > >>>From: "Christopher Sawtell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Justin Soong" > > >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:42 PM > > >>>Subject: Re: LAN Firewalling > > >>> > > >>>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 20:50, Justin Soong wrote: > > >>>>Hello guys, > > >>>> > > >>>>I am planning to home network serveral Windows Computers @ my home. > > >>>>I'll > > >>> > > >>>be > > >>> > > >>>>using a ADSL router and a switch to share a connection. > > >>>> > > >>>>Will I be able to use a Linux computer as a firewall for the Windows > > >>>>Machines? > > >>> > > >>>Yes. > > >>> > > >>>http://ipcop.sf.net/ > > >>> > > >>>>I'm new to Linux and can someone explain how this firewalling > > >>>>business works. > > >>> > > >>>In a sentence or three: The firewall examines each data packet to see > > if > > > >>>you want to allow it to get past the "gate-keeper". The firewall > > > > > > examines > > > > > >>>both the packet and its internal "rule-book". The packets which don't > > >> > > >>match > > >> > > >>>up with the rules are not allowed through the firewall and thus into > > > > > > your > > > > > >>>local network, > > >>> > > >>>>If you have experience can you tell be whether the firewall > > >>>>server would be part of the network or before the hub/switch. > > >>> > > >>>The firewall always goes between the modem to the Internet and the > > >>> rest of your network. All the data has to go through it. > > >>> > > >>>>Justin > > >>>>(keep warm)brrrrrr.......... > > >>> > > >>>Got blanket over knees. Ta > > > > > > -- > > > Sincerely etc., > > > Christopher Sawtell -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
