linux gateway and router = redundant?

Warren Raquel warquel at hotmail.com
Fri Mar 15 16:15:00 PST 2002


I was being facecious (sp?). :) I would go with the Linux Router, you tend
to have more control (albeit more complicated yet ultimately more
fulfilling) than with the Linksys. Actually, throw the router on top of that
too. You can beat having two firewalls.
----- Original Message -----
From: "augie" <schwer at sonic.net>
To: <talk at nblug.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: linux gateway and router = redundant?


> 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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