Actually, a Linksys Router with a built in switch has the ability to forward for ports. Thus giving you an Internet visible server for certain ports. You can host a website, server mail, ssh, or for those darn kids...setup a Quake server! (hmmm feeling old. Are Quake servers even hip anymore?)
<<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Robert P. J. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 12:07:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: RH9 home networking > On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Michael Kalus wrote: > > > > why are you making this so difficult? why not have the cable > > > modem go to the hub, and let the hosts all plug into the hub? > > > that's what we're doing here, and it's pretty easy. > > > > > > unless you have a static IP for that first box and want it to > > > be visible to the net, that is. > > > > There might be the simple problem that the ISP is only going to hand out one > > IP Address. > > > > Rogers for example is that way, they lock your cable modem down to one IP > > (unless you buy more) per Modem. > > which is precisely what's happening here. the linksys hub takes > care of all NAT of internal hosts, and it works wonderfully. > > obviously, this is not a solution if you want to run an internet- > visible server, but since we're not, it works fine. > > rday > > -- > > Robert P. J. Day > Eno River Technologies > Unix, Linux and Open Source training > Waterloo, Ontario > > www.enoriver.com > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
