Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias
We have a ADSL internet connection served through a Linksys router setup as the primary gateway on IP 92.168.1.1. Our ISP has allocated a non-filtered fixed IP address to us. I have set-up the FreeBSD box with a fixed IP of 192.168.1.50 subnet 255.255.255.0, and configured the router to place the server in the DMZ, i.e. direct all incoming traffic to it. My question is should I setup the FBSD machine to recognize the fixed internet IP address allocated to us by the ISP as an Alias on the interface card? Everything seems to work fine even I don't do this. Hello, Did they allocate more than one? I mean, one to be the oif of the Linksys and another one that you can assign as an alias on the FBSD box? If so, you _can_. But that should only be neccesary if you need to access the box from the internal network via the external network. On the other hand, you don't even need to put the server in the DMZ. The Linksys should let you do port forwarding for just the port(s) you actually need exposed. The more layers between your server and the Internet, the better. HTH, Stheg __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias
- Original Message - From: stheg olloydson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [spam] Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias Hello, Did they allocate more than one? I mean, one to be the oif of the Linksys and another one that you can assign as an alias on the FBSD box? If so, you _can_. But that should only be neccesary if you need to access the box from the internal network via the external network. On the other hand, you don't even need to put the server in the DMZ. The Linksys should let you do port forwarding for just the port(s) you actually need exposed. The more layers between your server and the Internet, the better. HTH, Stheg Thanks for the input. I have only one fixed IP that is being handled by the Linksys router. I was only concerned that anyone using IP addressing on the internet should be able to access the HTTP and SMTP services. And once I have a clearer picture of my traffic, I intend to switch over to port forwarding. Abid ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
