----- Original Message ----- From: Elky Grrrr... To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 10:16 AM Subject: [plug] NAT question....
> now my question is, which has a better(ie.faster internet) set up? > setup a linux gateway and do a NAT? or should i listen to MOSCOM and > buy additional ip addresses so that all my clients are connected online? both setup will connect your clients online... the former is advantage at your side while the latter is advantage for mozcom... its your call! :-> >will NAT slow down my internet connection?? moscom says it will, > coz all your bandwidth will have to pass through your gateway..... > i'm confused!! please help me!! no it will not... all traffic not destined to its local segment will be pass through the gateway (that is why there is a default gateway for every host)... nat or without nat, you still have the same pipe or bandwidth... using nat, your only concern is that... your nat device or server is fast enough to handle network address translation because there is a cpu overhead (and also a memory overhead for its translation table).... you said for internet cafe purposes only... a 386 or 486 server acting as a nat server is already fast enough for network address translation *only*... fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
