On Wednesday 23 February 2011 23:22:14 Andrew Reid Paterson wrote: > On Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:11:59 pm jr wrote: > > On 23 February 2011 23:03, Tim <xendis...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > Any thoughts? > > > > I'd look into setting up a DMZ box (if you've a spare machine), > > separating the internal network from the Virgin/BT/whatever supplied > > h/ware. extreme, admittedly, but what price peace of mind? > > Hi Tim, > I have precisely this kind of setup simply by having two network interfaces > on my main system which runs iptables and is connected vis the internal lan > cable and hub to a wireless repeater on which connect to my wifi gadgets > like ps3, nokia phone & bravia tv. > What I really like is the level of control I have from configuring iptables > right down to monitoring with wireshark and dhcp contro of clients. > Perish the thought of a cable wifi router. > incidentally, as Dan sys 8.8.8.8 is google dns. > Whya are you not using Virgins own dns - which can be set via dhcp? > Regards > Andy > > --
Hi Andy, I have been with NTL\Virgin a very long time (since it arrived in the bmth\Poole area, I was a tester) and in the early days NTL DNS were terrible, so I have been using non NTL\Virgin DNS for as long as I have been using NTL\Virgin cable. I do have my own Firewall PC behind the router but I have been considering removing it as it is very old PC and an old firewall software. While I am aware that 8.8.8.8 is google, I have had exactly the same problem when I was using opendns IP (208.67.222.222) Tim -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Wednesday 2011-03-02 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
