[SunHELP] 1 NIC router/firewall?

[Bob Ruddy]

money true, about $14 for a netgear card from compusa. but your talking 
about down time for your other solution too.

i would not trust the single nic firewall there are too many uncertainties.

bob

> Because that would require down time and additional money, both of
> which are not an option...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> Behalf Of Bob Ruddy
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 11:51 AM
> To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunHELP] 1 NIC router/firewall?
> 
> 
> why don't you just get a nic that would cost between $20-$60 depending
> on what you buy and put it in the P200 so you have three nics, then
> plug the new circuit in the new nic card. So you have your internal,
> and two external links all plugged into the same router. that would be
> easiest and safest.
> 
> bob
> 
>> 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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