Actually, if you use a crossover cable to go from the DSL to the NIC card, you shouldn't need a hub for the DSL system (unless I am mistaken in thinking that the DSL uses a standard ethernet port). Just my $0.02 -- Benjamin Madsen Network Administrator Quinta Corporation - A Seagate Company Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sandy Coyne wrote: > At 07:39 PM 12/8/98 -0800, Jon wrote: > >to put this question in the form of ugly ascii art: > >do i want configuration A or B? (or C???) > > You want B, as shown below. Hubs are cheap, but very worth it. The setup > below is much better all around. Firtly, you don't have your private fake > ips visible to the outside world where they shouldn't be. Secondly, you can > secure the internal machines from external access (although this may not be > of any real importance to you). Thirdly, you won't have collision problems > from all your fake ip machines sending data to your linux machine which > then immediately spew it out on the same network after masq'ing it. On all > possible fronts, solution B is the way to go. > > > HUB-0 HUB-1 > >DSL---() () > > ()---eth0 ()----- "fake" ip box > > () eth1----() > > [B] () > > ()---- true (DSL) ip box > > Good luck, > -- > Sandy Coyne, obviously "A day without sunshine is like > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a day without orange juice" > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For daily digest info, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For daily digest info, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
