You really should have some sort of firewall between your lan and the Internet. For home and small business use you cannot do much better than:- http://www.ipcop.org/
Worked well for me for several years. On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:22, Brian Connell wrote: > Hi all, > > Many thanks Dale for your good advice, > > I'm up and running now , only a temporary solution but at least I can > install and update gentoo. > Also my modem is working fine in Mandrake. > > I will worry about getting my home network running in Linux later, > when I've done heaps more reading ....... > > Cheers, > Brian Connell > > Dale Anderson wrote: > >oops helps when you use your list mail account ;-) > > > >Easiest way to get it up and running would be to plug the cable modem > >straight into the box your building's ethernet card > > > >follow the instructions as per first email , then worry about getting it > >working with the switch and rest of the pc's on the internal network :) > > > >you dont need the telstra UN/passwd to access the net via the modem > > > >Cheers > >Dale. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Brian Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 8:07 AM > >Subject: Re: Telsta cable help > >(snipped -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
