RE: [PCTECH] Networking via router?

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Vern!

Four ports on the Gigabyte, plus the cable modem connection.  If I can
configure it as a switch, would I then use IPCop to be the firewall?  And,
are all the PCs connected to it able to share resources (printers?  files?)

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Vern Hamberg
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:48 AM
>
> How many ports on the router? If only 2 (one from the DSL or cable modem,
> the other to whatever), then the answer is no, until you put
> another device
> on that 2nd port - a router or switch. Many of the SOHO equipment
> (LinkSys,
> e.g.) can be set up as switch or router - a router creates a different
> subnet, a switch does not. Your first router can probably do DHCP, maybe,
> for you internal network.
>
> If you are on Win 98, it is almost impossible to block access to
> anything.
> There might be software to do the job. Otherwise, get 2K or XP - I know...
>
> AFAIK, a firewall PC needs 2 network cards - one connected to the outside
> and one to the inside. Think of it as an extension of the inside of your
> router next to the DSL/cable modem.
>
> Without IPCop--
>
> Internet <----> Modem <---> Router (gateway) <---> internal network
>
> With IPCop--
>
> Internet <----> Modem <---> - IPCop (NIC 1) - IPCop (NIC 2) <---> Router
> (gateway) <---> internal network
>
> Someone please correct any deficiencies here on my part.
>
> Vern