Re: Home Lan Needs Oppinion

[Joshua Moles <molj01 () csgsystems com>]

One way to have the best of both worlds is build the freebsd box as a
briged firewall behine the linksys. There is a somewhat outdated how to
on http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Bridge+Firewall+DSL-2.html,
but will get you started in the right direction. Two is always better than
one, you can tweak the freebsd box to do a lot of cool packet logging.
2 Cents....



Joshua Moles
CSG Systems Inc

On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Justyn K wrote:

> I have 3 computers running windows xp connected to a linksys dsl/cable
> switch/router. I have a older 3rd computer I was wanting to run a
> freebsd firewall on because 1) I see all these ips connecting to my
> ports and I get a bit curious and paranoid 2) I really dont trust
> Linksys's firewall since it seems really limited. My question would
> be...would it be real useful for a newbie to install the
> freebsd...follow a howto and put it on the inet..or am I just asking for
> trouble. Should I just run the freebsd box behind the router/switch
> until I learn more? I mean after all my software firewalls havent picked
> up anything too unsual going past the linksys. Thanks!
>
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