Nope, then you buy a cheap hub or switch. Anywhere from 4 port and up. Can get them pretty cheap off EBay. Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reuben D. Budiardja" <techlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:02 AM Subject: Re: Router/Firewall Recommendation > On Thursday 24 June 2004 03:14 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > <snip> > > Finally, re the cost factor: you buy N LBB devices for $40 each. I set up > > firewalls that generally cost me $0 each. > > Here is what I still don't understand: > If I were to set up a linux firewall, I have to have at least 2 Nic cards, 1 > to the internet (assuming using Nic, which's not necessaryly so since it > could be modem or anything), and the other 1 to the local network. > > Well, then if I only had 1 machine behind the firewall, it's fine. But what if > I have 3 machines? Then I have to either have 4 Nic cards on the firewall, -- > which cost like $20 per Nic, and my old p166 box not necessarily will have > enough PCI slots -- , or I have to put in a switch / router behind the > firewall, which cost about $40 for eg. 8 ports switch (rough estimate?). So > all in all, it's not $0. Or am I wrong ? > > Thanks. > RDB > > -- > Reuben D. Budiardja > Department of Physics and Astronomy > The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN > --------------------------------------------------------- > "To be a nemesis, you have to actively try to destroy > something, don't you? Really, I'm not out to destroy > Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional > side effect." > - Linus Torvalds - > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
