On Sun, 4 Jan 2004 10:25:38 +1100 "Matt Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:26:24AM -0500, Bob Clark wrote: > > Why not let the 486 firewall box do the routing too, or is it your > > goal to learn about commercial routers? You can run your own subnet > > behind the firewall and use iptables/masquerading to provide > > connectivity to the internet for hosts on your private subnet. > > If you want to learn about commercial-grade routing, you're still > going to want to do it with a Linux box. They manage multiple > connections much better (read: they do) than those hinky little boxes, > and once you get beyond something that an old Linux box will handle, > it's the $50k Cisco time. W00t! > > - Matt > Thanks to everybody that answered. I've got plenty to think about, and a clear direction to go in. Regards and thanks, David.
