Multi-drop PPPoE (Re: [ale] Mindspring/Earthlink DSL and linux?)

[Piotr J. Misztal]

On Thu, Aug 31, 2000 at 12:08:23PM -0400, Wandered Inn wrote:
> Thompson Freeman wrote:
> > 
> > I'll make the assumption that you are willing to to leave the linux box
> > on. If so, you can use NAT on the linux box to serve the mac.
> > 
> > I also am investigating for a daughter a little box from linksys which
> > does the same thing at about $250 upfront. This might be a better solution
> > for many people (like those who don't want the challenge of writing their
> > own firewall scripts.)
> 
> So you're assuming that the $250 box does provide some kind of
> protection?
> 
I would suggest an openbsd box for the task. It takes about 5 minutes to set it up(after a 15 minute install.) It tends to come secure out of the box and doesn't break.
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Piotr Misztal
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