On Fri, 2011-02-11 at 23:02 +0000, Chris Davies wrote: > > If I use a regular Ethernet cable to connect the firewall/server > > computer to the DSL modem, would it work to use an Ethernet cross-cable > > and USB-to-Ethernet adapters to provide the connection to my main > > computer? Are there USB-to-USB cross cables? > > I'd recommend you keep it simple. Ethernet throughout. > > Modem <---> Firewall/Server <---> Switch <<--->> Other system(s)
Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e. Modem <-------------> +--------+ Firewall/Server <---> | Switch | Other system(s) <---> +--------+ -- Tixy () The ASCII Ribbon Campaign (www.asciiribbon.org) /\ Against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1297534704.3648.10.ca...@computer2.home