On 4/14/07, Barry Fawthrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can the ports Eth4 and Eth5 be configured to act like a hub?

Yep.

> Where I can connect a Wireless Access Point into Eth4 and then have the
> The Soekris act as a firewall/gateway device?

Should work.

> ??Does Eth4 Need an IP??? Don't know
> Eth0 will have the Public IP and connect to the Internet
> Soekris will run a linux distro and iptables ???

No, eth4 would not have an ethernet address. Check your favorite OS
(Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD) for the term "bridging". There are a
lot of manuals on how to do this.

You could also choose to run specifically made software, like m0n0wall
or pfsense, which has this build-in.

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