[SunHELP] 1 NIC router/firewall?

[Steve Wingate]

Why not look into subinterfaces on the SS20?



On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Chad A. Chance wrote:

> 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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