Eric Hidle on 20 Sep 2004 12:01:02 -0000 |
My choice would be to let the linux box be the firewall/router... much more versatile that way.. Does verizon make you use pppoe if you have a business DSL account? E ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crompton" <doug@crompton.com> To: "Phila Linux Users Group" <PLUG@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 1:12 AM Subject: [PLUG] Linksys and DSL > Continuing with my DSL questions to the list... > > I have a Linksys BEFSR41 cable/DSL router which at the moment I am just > using as a 4 port router. In reviewing the docs and internet info it > appears that this is a very versatile box. It also has a Linux engine and > the code is downloadable. There was also an article on it in Linux Journal > a few months ago. > > It appears that this router would handle port forwarding. My question is > if I were to use this box connected to (say) Verizon with a STATIC IP, let > it handle PPOE, and connect my Linux server to it with a 192.168.x.x > address, set port forwarding for DNS, Mail, Web, POP3 or any other service > I want to provide to the world - would this work? > > Now the question is why would I want to do this. I am not sure. It is an > option. Let the router be the front-end to everything and be the firewall. > > The other option of course is to connect the DSL modem directly to the > Linux box, let it do PPOE, Firewall, and 192.168.x.x local routing out a > second ethernet port. > > Doug > > > **************************** > * Doug Crompton * > * Richboro, PA 18954 * > * 215-431-6307 * > * * > * doug@crompton.com * > * wa3dsp@wa3dsp.ampr.org * > * http://www.crompton.com * > **************************** > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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