linux gateway and router = redundant?

augie schwer at sonic.net
Fri Mar 15 16:11:23 PST 2002


i have a router, what im wondering is should i set up a linux gateway machine 
ontop of that?

Warren Raquel wrote:
> 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



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