Router/Firewall Recommendation

[Ted Beaton]

Nope, then you buy a cheap hub or switch.  Anywhere from 4 port and up.  Can
get them pretty cheap off EBay.

Ted
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reuben D. Budiardja" <techlist at voyager.phys.utk.edu>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Cc: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz at simpaticus.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: Router/Firewall Recommendation


> On Thursday 24 June 2004 03:14 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
> <snip>
> > Finally, re the cost factor: you buy N LBB devices for $40 each. I set
up
> > firewalls that generally cost me $0 each.
>
> Here is what I still don't understand:
> If I were to set up a linux firewall, I have to have at least 2 Nic cards,
1
> to the internet (assuming using Nic, which's not necessaryly so since it
> could be modem or anything), and the other 1 to the local network.
>
> Well, then if I only had 1 machine behind the firewall, it's fine. But
what if
> I have 3 machines? Then I have to either have 4 Nic cards on the
firewall, -- 
> which cost like $20 per Nic, and my old p166 box not necessarily will have
> enough PCI slots -- , or I have to put in a switch / router behind the
> firewall, which cost about $40 for eg. 8 ports switch (rough estimate?).
So
> all in all, it's not $0. Or am I wrong ?
>
> Thanks.
> RDB
>
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