* ChadDavis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080207 21:42]: > > You could place an old machine on the "dmz" port of your > firewall/router (you DO have a firewall, don't you?), and copy client > software to that machine, for access by your clients. > > I don't have a firewall software, but i have the DSL router and > nothing comes through unless i port forward. I think that is just > NAT, right? That works as a firewall, does it not?
Some firewall/routers have a "dmz" ("demilitarized zone"), which enables a single firewall/router (and thus, a single Internet connection) to serve both a private LAN and a public server; others do not. One of the easiest and most economical ways to experiment with a DMZ is to place three ethernet cards and a small drive (10 gigabytes is sufficient) in an old Pentium or Pentium-II machine (200 to 400 MHz is adequate), and then install IPCop or SmoothWall (www.smoothwall.org). If you are running dial-up, you need only two ethernet cards. I am familiar with SmoothWall, having used it for a number of years, and I think that it is the more polished and user-friendly of the two packages -- even a novice can install and configure SmoothWall. RLH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]