I thought the idea behind 5 ips is:
1 ip firewall/NAT/Router/Gateway (3 NICs, 1 for external, 1 for your internal, 1
for your DMZ
DMZ
2 ips DNS
2 - pop/imap, HTTP, SMPT, and whatever else external services
Jay
Jay Strauss
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Rosa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 4:17 PM
Subject: [vox-tech] dsl ideas
>
> So, we recently got 5-ip dsl from pacbell and lately i've been thinking
> about things to do with the other 4 ip's :)
>
> regardless of what i do, i need to figure out a way to put all of our internal
> network behind 1 ip (router doing nat) and then do whatever with the other
> ips.
>
> Basically i have one 16 port fully manageable swith and various hubs to work
> with. So... here's what i have in mind...
>
> Since there's 5 real ip's, i figured i'd take 6 ports on the switch and
> isolate them. DSL modem goes into one port, all real ip machines go into other
> port, including router.
>
> Since the router has 2 NIC's, it would bridge the 2 networks. The internal NIC
> would simply connect to the other vlan on the switch (however many ports for
> internal use) and the other machines would all be there.
>
> in crude ascii, it would look like this:
>
> <--phone--(DSL)-- -----(Router NIC 1) (NIC 2)- ----- machine 1, 2 , 3, etc
> | | | |
> ------------ -------------------
> switch | | switch
> ports 1-6 | | ports 7-16
> ------------- -----------------
>
> This seems pretty simple, so i'm wondering if anyone sees a problem with this
> or even better, a better (simple) solution.
>
> Basically we have the dsl model, the switch and the route in a closet
> downstairs, and the other machines in the living room and upstairs, if that
> makes any difference...
>
> anyway, thanks for any input :)
>
> -Gabriel (somewhat ashamed of his crude ascii) :)
>
>
