On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:12 AM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/31/11 6:27 AM, Paul Hill wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I need an ethernet router that does the following: >> - Supports a range of external ip addresses >> - Allows me to forward external addresses and/or a single port to a >> machine on my internal network >> - Provides NAT& Firewall etc for internal machines to access the internet. >> >> It looks like most of the cheaper routers only support a single >> external ip address. >> Can anyone reccomend anything? > > A Linux box with 2 LAN cards (~$500 from Dell), and a couple weeks to get it > all set > up just right. > > Paul
Instead of a full-blown linux box, how about a DD-WRT compatible router? DD-WRT (and it's kin Openwrt and Tomato) is based on linux, and you can follow these instructions<http://www.techenclave.com/guides-and-tutorials/multiple-pub lic-ips-one-router-using-100375.html><http://tinyurl.com/59kkbf> to accomplish this task. If you don't want WIFI you could disable it. You could re-purpose an old desktop box for this, but the electricity savings with a dedicated router appliance would more than pay for the purchase price. dt -- Dave Thayer Denver, CO _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
