Re: [SLE] ADSL Broadband advice please

From: Bruce Marshall (bmarsh_at_bmarsh.com)
Date: 07/24/03

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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:16:17 -0400

    On Thursday 24 July 2003 9:50 am, Paul Trevethan wrote:
    > I now meet all criteria and am about to sign up for an adsl connection
    > from my ISP (currently 56k dialup). I am seeking advice from those
    > more experienced than I as to the best options to suit my situation.
    >
    > I currently have a 4 machine network operating through a 5 port
    > switch. This main machine (SuSE 8.2) is the only one accessing the
    > internet through the dial up. However, under the new setup I want at
    > least one of the other machines to have access to internet.
    >
    > I only have a single nic in this machine but I have a spare and could
    > easily add it to the machine. I run Guarddog firewall (simply could
    > not get Susefirewall2 to do what I wanted?).
    >
    > The ISP provides a Dlink DSL-302G adsl modem as part of the
    > installation (has both ethernet and usb connectors). I know they do
    > support the Dlink DSL-504 router, but there is a cost to consider.
    >
    > My question is how would be the "best" way to establish the connection
    > for my needs?
    >
    > As I understand things;
    > I could drop in the 2nd nic, connect the 302G to it using ethernet and
    > it all should work as it does now?
    >
    > I could connect the 302G to the upload link on the switch, would that
    > give me the extra access I want?
    >
    > Both these leave the firewall at the software level on the SuSE box I
    > presume? What about firewalling the other boxes?
    >
    > I have seen suggestions it is much better to use a router with
    > hardware firewall for this shared environment?

    That's personally what I would do. <YMMV> I tried it both ways (2
    NICs) but in my case I didn't want to always have the 'main' machine
    running. So I bought a LinkSys router and found it had a lot of
    advantages:

    1) Setup was extremely easy. (web interface)
    2) It firewall capability was excellent.
    3) Forwarding and incoming port to a machine behind the router was easy.
    4) Setting up networking on all machines was easy.

    For a price of about twice what a NIC costs, you can go with the router.

    >
    > Any comments on the Dlink hardware, the preferred/simplest connection
    > option or directions to relevant reading material would be
    > appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks in advance.
    > Paul. 

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