On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Ben N. Serebin wrote:

> Hello All,
> 
>       I disagree, using 3 interfaces is easier especially when one is
> a (public?) wireless connection using DHCP. You could then have the
> wireless simply bridge and have all the intelligence in the Linux
> firewall. Makes configuration changes and monitoring IPs assigned
> easier.

I agree that DHCP is easier than individually assigning IPs to devices on 
your LAN.  My point about simplicity was using two nics instead of three.  
Sorry it that wasn't clear.  
 
> -Ben
>  

And earlier on Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Ben N. Serebin wrote:

> Hello Chris,
>
>       Technically it does not matter if all your routing and firewall
> rules are setup correct. But for sake of simplicity, I recommend that
> you make eth1 and eth2 different subnets and do not setup routing
> between the 2. Make all traffic from eth2 route out to the internet.
> This will make your LAN inaccessible from the wireless subnet. So, if
> you're on wireless and want to access your eth1, SSH or VPN in.

Would this make wireless devices inaccessible to wired devices on your 
LAN?

By example, if you have a (WinXP) notebook with a wireless card and want 
to exchange data with either a wired WinTel box or with a wired Linux one 
(via Samba), would this be possible given your proposal?

>       I only wish more users had secure setups like this. Don't forget
> our SSID of "www.nycwireless.net".
>
> Good luck,
> -Ben


Thanks!

Max Pyziur

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