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i would go out and just buy a little firewall. im using a netgear one. my set up is an alcatel bridge with a netgear firewall. the alcatel bridge connects ethernet to the phone line (bridging the ethernet over the dsl), then the firewall reeches down and does ppoe. mine does port forwarding etc (very handy). and has an inbuilt 4 port switch, which i then connect to 2 other switches and a wireless access point and from there to the nodes. the netgear device provides dhcp as well.
im running a hadnfull of computers behind it, although it does have a maximum of 10 i think (not sure, my house isnt that bad yet). i like my setup because i just have two small devices hidden away in the top of my cupboard and they are both solid state. no noise, dont every turn them off. beautiful.
just as some background im running an xp pro, xp home, win me, linux ppcx2 (one ibook - wireless and one imac - -hardwired), a freebsd machine and another compaq armada laptop running xppro with a $50 spirit 802.11b card from dse (shameless plug)
homogenous =) the windows machines are for my sisters and parents. the macs are in my room (im in a bit of a ppc craze) with the freebsd machine and my brother has the two xp pro machines.
my imac was running macos9 but i cleansed it.
so this setup is very flexible.
you should be able to check out a good range of options if you like the idea at yoru nearest dse superstore.
Dean
Phill O'Flynn (Bigpond) wrote: | I have to agree with glen, I have been down that road of mega | frustration trying to get a USB modem to run on Linux. Though, I see | that other people have had more success than me. | | I have used both the modems Glen suggested but have found DLink to be | less glitchy. They have built in firewall features (though basic) and | also a dhcp server. As I understand it (though someone with more | knowledge can correct me) that this type of firewall is more efficient | and secure. | | As one engineer once told me "you don't get any prizes by finding the | hardest way to do something". | | Regards | | Phill O'Flynn | Muse-Tech | | | | --- | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). | Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004 | | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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