you could use a switch between cox and then use any combination of rasp pi's and routers set to static IP's and maintain several firewalls Intrusion protection geo blocking ect on each but a single device is easier to maintain Linux=1000 ways to do the same thing all right and wrong depending on who you talk to.
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 11:34 PM David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Cable modems pull the signal from a coax line and turn it into an ethernet > signal that comes out of a single RJ-45 plug. > > I dunno squat about what goes on inside of those boxes, but routers > typically have a WAN port and a bunch of “internal” ports that are all > RJ-45 plugs. > > If you can get Cox to send traffic for a group of IPs to your modem, then > they should all come out the ethernet side as well, right? > > Remember that their modem is NOT a “router”. You can plug a router into > it, tho. > > -David Schwartz > > > > > On Jul 9, 2023, at 10:34 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > On using openwrt on legacy routers, start here, find anything that is > *well* supported and hunt on ebay, or go to a thrift shop and search this > list if you find a decent looking box. At one point years ago I'd scooped > up several decent goodwill routers for some $5-7ea and flashed to openwrt > to give to family and friends when they complained about their crappy > router and wifi not working. Probably still have one or two floating > around... > > https://openwrt.org/toh/start > > -mb > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Todd Cole Ubuntu Arizona Team 2928 W El Caminito Phoenix AZ 85051-3957 to...@azloco.com 602-677-9402
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