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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:45
PM
Subject: [newbie] firewall setup
Hi,
everybody.
I would like to
set up a heterogenous home LAN using a Mandrake 8 desktop computer (with 2
NICs) as a firewall/router/connection to the internet (and normal
workstation when needed), with one win98/mandrake8 laptop and one
MacOS9/Suse7.1ppc desktop as peers to each other, connecting to the internet
through the Mandrake 8 desktop and able to communicate to each other
freely.
Can anyone help me
on how to begin this project?
I am very new to
networking, and am not sure how to setup a firewall/router, (or even the
presice terms to describe what I'm doing).
I would appreciate
any help you can give me both in terms of pointing me towards available
material and helping explain to me in simple terms what's
involved.
I figure the
process should go in 4 simple? steps.
-Setting up the router/workstation to work with 2 NICs and properly connect to
the internet.
-Set up the above computer as a gateway/firewall to the other two
computers
-set up the other two systems to connect to the internet through the
gateway, then to each other (in Linux)
-set up the other two systems to connect to the internet through the
gateway, then to each other (in their respective dual-boot
environments)
I can't stress how
much of a newbie I am with this, and I very much appreciate your
help.
Thank
you.
-Paul
R
