[ale] Routing.

[Jim Kinney]

You will need two NIC's in order to firewall. With only one, all the data
is on the same wire, so no firewall.

James Kinney M.S.Physics		jkinney at teller.physics.emory.edu
Educational Technology Specialist	404-727-4734
Department of Physics Emory University	http://teller.physics.emory.edu

On Sun, 30 May 1999, Tory Michael Deron wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Is it possible to bind two IP addresses to the same ethernet card in Linux?  For example, an internet IP and an internal IP so that the Linux box can route to the internet for the internal network through IP masq?  Or is it necessary to have two seperate ethernet cards?
> 
> I have looked for some information on this, but I can't really find anything that helps.  If someone could point me to the right HOWTO, or FAQ, I would appreciate it.
> 
> What I am doing is trying to set up a small Linux box to serve as a firewall for my cable modem.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Tory Deron
>