[SunHELP] 1 NIC router/firewall?

[Naresh]

It will work but may not be very safe.

Regards,
Naresh

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad A. Chance" <chad at ziggadigga.com>
To: <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:21 AM
Subject: [SunHELP] 1 NIC router/firewall?


> Is this possible?
>
> Here is the situation:
> I'm going to be switching circuits, I currently have a P200 Linux box
acting
> as my router/firewall, I am bringing in a circuit to replace the current
> one. I need to keep the old circuit active while I switch all the users
over
> to the new circuit. Problem is, I don't have enough hardware to make a new
> router/firewall and keep the old one active.
>
> Here is my proposed solution(if this will work)
> Use this extra SS20 I have as a temporary router/firewall with only the
> onboard ethernet, then replace it with the P200 after all the users are
> switched over.
>
> The question is, can I have 2 IPs on the single ethernet port of the SS20,
> one public, one private, and plug it into the switch with the new circuit
> and have it route between the 2 IPs? Will my user PCs be safe on their
> 10.1.X.X network even though they are plugged into a switch that directly
> connects to the internet?
>
> This seems like it would work, does anybody have an experiance with such a
> setup?
>
> TIA,
> Chad
>
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