Re: Router

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Tiny Ramsden wrote:
|...
| Not true for Linux. If you are serious about Linux you need to get a
good 4
| port switch adsl router, preferably wireless. The cheaper routers do not
| have the range of functionality serious Linux users require. Static ip
| forwarding, secure encryption, firewalling.
|
| If your using Linux a good router is a must.

I read this and thought that it does not make sense - then I saw who
posted it...

The cheap routers are ideal if you have a linux box. If you have a block
of IPs, a cheap router will provide those on an ethernet port. A real
internet connection connected to your linux box.

Your linux box then gives you full control over routing and firewalling,
NAT, VPN, anything you want. There is little point in having any of that
in the router if you have a linux box. The cheap routers we do will
quite happily do static IP routes allowing additional IP blocks to be
passed through to your linux box as a router for your network - most IPs
wont route multiple blocks, but a linux box will also quite happily
proxy ARP route and/or NAT to your local machines.

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Rev Adrian Kennard
Andrews & Arnold Ltd

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On Fri, 04 Jul 2003 11:14:49 +0100, Adrian Kennard <'@o.gg> wrote:

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>Tiny Ramsden wrote:
>|...
>| Not true for Linux. If you are serious about Linux you need to get a
>good 4
>| port switch adsl router, preferably wireless. The cheaper routers do not
>| have the range of functionality serious Linux users require. Static ip
>| forwarding, secure encryption, firewalling.
>|
>| If your using Linux a good router is a must.
>
>I read this and thought that it does not make sense - then I saw who
>posted it...
>
>The cheap routers are ideal if you have a linux box. If you have a block
>of IPs, a cheap router will provide those on an ethernet port. A real
>internet connection connected to your linux box.
>
>Your linux box then gives you full control over routing and firewalling,
>NAT, VPN, anything you want. There is little point in having any of that
>in the router if you have a linux box. The cheap routers we do will
>quite happily do static IP routes allowing additional IP blocks to be
>passed through to your linux box as a router for your network - most IPs
>wont route multiple blocks, but a linux box will also quite happily
>proxy ARP route and/or NAT to your local machines.


Agreed.

I run a little Solwise SAR703 feeding a Linux firewall (mandrake multi
network). That links to an internal zone with two pcs running
different flavours of Windows (98 and XP) and a DMZ with a linux
server.

Oh, I'm an A&A customer (hi Adrian!)

Rob.
rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk