Sender: |
|
Date: |
Sun, 31 Oct 1999 16:26:24 -0800 |
Reply-To: |
|
Content-type: |
text/plain; charset=US-ASCII |
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Content-transfer-encoding: |
7BIT |
In-Reply-To: |
|
Organization: |
Deep Forest |
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
On 28 Oct 99, at 19:18, Wayne Harris wrote:
> I do have another question now. I have Broadband now and am
> going to network all these computers together. I have been to
> www.timhiggins.com and the site states that I should put 2 NIC
> cards in the computer that is connected directly to Broadband, to
> prevent my network from being part of the larger (i.e. outside of
> my house) network. I had never heard this before. Has anybody else?
If you put the Brodband directly on a hub of your network, all of
your machines will be visible to the outside world -- and will need
valid global addresses, which you probably don't have.
Two NICs will allow this machine to act as a gateway between the
global Internet and your local net; with suitable software
(implementing either "proxy" or "network address translation" (NAT),
only this gateway machine needs a valid global address, and the rest
can use local-only addresses.
David G
PCBUILD's List Owner's:
Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
|
|
|