On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Nicholas Clark wrote: >So your advice for anyone contemplating ADSL would be an architecture >something like > > > BT > | > | > DSL router/hub (such as Dlink) > | > Firewall box (eg cheap x86 running some sort of BSD or Linux) > | > Hub > / | \ > Stuff
Yes, though I'd use a switch rather than a hub internally. >If the firewall box has (or can be fitted with) several internal interfaces, >is it a viable, cheap and secure system to also use it as a hub? Hmm. Not really. A single 100Mbit NIC is, what, 15-20 quid these days? An 8-port 100Mbit switch is 60ish quid. Also, you'll probably need to use crossover cables when going NIC<->NIC, which is a pain. Where I do use multiple internal interfaces is for separate security zones - public servers running behind my DSL connection can't see the private network. Roger
