RE: Networking via router?

Dan,

You would not connect your PCs to the Gigabyte.

The only thing pluged into the Gigabyte would be your cable/dsl modem and
the Red interface of the IPCop box.

Then the Green interface of the IPCop box would plug into a different
hub/switch.  This hub/switch is what all of your network would plug into.

Then you just do Peer to Peer networking between your windows boxes.  The
IPCop box doesn't really have much to do with your resource sharing in the
windows world.

But they will share the Internet connection via IPCop (your "default
gateway").  

Clear as mud yet?

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Dan Bale
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:34 AM
> To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
> Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Networking via router?
> 
> 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
> 
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