linux gateway and router = redundant?

[Warren Raquel]

The router has 4 extra ports. :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "augie" <schwer at sonic.net>
To: <talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:30 PM
Subject: linux gateway and router = redundant?


> orignially i was thinking of having a linux gateway and a router in
between
> my LAN, and the rest of the world. but then i started reading the specs
for
> my router (linksys 4port), and i saw that it did everything i was
expecting
> the linux gateway to do. ie. filtering, logging, and port forwarding.
>
> so now im thinking a linux gateway on top of a hardware router is gonna be
> pointless. are there bennefits to this kind of redundancy or should i just
> stick with just the router?
>
> --augie
>