Verizon DSL and networking

We are fairly new to linux an we are looking at dsl. Currently have 1
machine with fedora 2, one with Kantonix, and one windows XP and no network.
Of course my son is more worried about security. What would be a practical
way to network, hopefully wirelessly, but not necessarily, and safely share
DSL?

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:24:47 -0600, Paul Cash wrote:

> We are fairly new to linux an we are looking at dsl. Currently have 1
> machine with fedora 2, one with Kantonix, and one windows XP and no network.
> Of course my son is more worried about security. What would be a practical
> way to network, hopefully wirelessly, but not necessarily, and safely share
> DSL?

As you should be worried about security.

Easiest for you would be to buy a Linksys router and connect all your
machine into it and then connect the Linksys router into the DSL router.

The Linksys router has a built in NAT firewall which would allow all the
machine access to the internet but allow no one to connect to your
machines.


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Paul Cash wrote:
> We are fairly new to linux an we are looking at dsl. Currently have 1
> machine with fedora 2, one with Kantonix, and one windows XP and no network.
> Of course my son is more worried about security. What would be a practical
> way to network, hopefully wirelessly, but not necessarily, and safely share
> DSL?
>
>

There are a number of ways. If you really want wireless, buy a wireless
broadband router and wireless NICs for the computers. The router will
isolate you well from "outside in" attacks, and IPtables and the XP
firewall will take care of most of the rest. There's no way to totally
remove the risk, just be careful and don't take the bait!

....kurt

"Paul Cash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We are fairly new to linux an we are looking at dsl. Currently have 1
> machine with fedora 2, one with Kantonix, and one windows XP and no
> network. Of course my son is more worried about security. What would be a
> practical way to network, hopefully wirelessly, but not necessarily, and
> safely share DSL?
>

Paul,

Quick and easy ? Ok.

Get a Linksys 4 port wireless router... Say: WRT54G
Plug the WLAN port into your DSL modem.
Plug your wired systems into one of the LAN ports.
Follow the setup documentation and make sure you
also:
a. Change the default password on the WRT54G
b. Enable WPA (Wireless encryption)
c. Set the WPA password to something with 20 characters or
more.

That's it... your systems can now share the external net,
and have reasonble security.

Enjoy,
Postmaster

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Postmaster wrote:
...
> Quick and easy ? Ok.
>
> Get a Linksys 4 port wireless router... Say: WRT54G
> Plug the WLAN port into your DSL modem.
> Plug your wired systems into one of the LAN ports.
...


"The Linksys WRT54G is probably the cheapest and most widely sold
embedded Linux device in the world. It is also incredibly fun to play
with. A lot of people don't want to take the full plunge into Linux for
fear of screwing up their computer. Why not screw with your router?! Your
S.O. probably won't even notice, until you break it... so try to blame it
on the cable company if you can.

I'lll be walking you through installing the openWRT firmware onto a
Linksys WRT54G. This is followed by setting the router up in client mode.
Client mode lets you connect the computers on the wired side of the
router to another router wirelessly, it doesn't even have to be yours!
Read on to find out how simple this process is."
<http://www.hackaday.com/entry/1234000690043237/>

as a *client* I use a an Asus WL-330g, which works fine for a single linux
machine. However, for probably less money you can buy the WRT54g and use
it as a client. There are USB wi-fi network adapter NIC's, but they often
require recompiling the kernel. (Which is a bit of a pain, but not too
bad.)

In your case, you'll be using it as router, not as a client. However,
you'll have flexability down the road as you get more comfortable with
linux.

What will you be using for a wireless network adapter? You *could* have a
pair of WRT54g's, one as a router, one as an adapter. This would be
useful for a wireless to wired bridge, depending on how you have things
laid out, and could save on stringing cable around. Or, perhaps the wi-fi
connections will only be from laptops, in which case lugging around a
WRT54g tied to a laptop might not make sense (unless the laptop is always
static).

Just some ideas. The Asus WL-330g is fine for a network adapter but lacks
some of the capabilities of the Linksys WRT54g.


-Thufir

Thanks for the help. I think we will give it a try, but it will be a few mor
weeks. I'll keep an eye out for any new posts.
"Paul Cash" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b-(E-Mail Removed)...
> We are fairly new to linux an we are looking at dsl. Currently have 1
> machine with fedora 2, one with Kantonix, and one windows XP and no
> network. Of course my son is more worried about security. What would be a
> practical way to network, hopefully wirelessly, but not necessarily, and
> safely share DSL?
>