>Do I need to dedicate a linux box as the gateway and only communicate with a,
>b and c boxes to the net thru the gateway box or may I use the gateway linux
>box as a direct ppp to the net at the same time as usnig it as a GW?
You don't need a dedicated box for MASQ. If you've ever read the TrinityOS
doc, I have the following all running on a 486/160 with 40MB of RAM:
2 NICs (firewall - internal and cablemodem)
4 serial ports (mouse, UPS, eth hub, ISDN T/A)
3 parallel ports (laserjet, inkjet, n/a)
4 IDE HDs
5 SCSI HDs
1 SCSI CDROM changer
1 SCSI tape drive
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Strong IPFWADM firewall
PPPd
Sendmail (authoritative)
DNS (authoritative)
NTP
DHCPd
POP3d
SSHd
RAID-1
CD-Changer
Samba
APCUPSd
Apache WWW
NFSd
LPRd
Nightly logging
Weekly RPM updater
--David
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