[NTLUG:Discuss] Sanity check on running a linux box as arouter

[Alton Pouncey]

I'm not too partial to Cisco 80x routers - they don't have "real" IOS on
them.  Besides, I'm looking to go ADSL.

Alton

Jay Urish wrote:

> At 03:43 PM 08/14/1999 , you wrote:
> >I am thinking of just setting up a linux box as a router than get a
> >device from Netgear, Ascend, Cisco, etc.  What I need a sanity check on
> >is this:  If I do run a linux box as a router, don't I need two NICs -
> >one for incoming/outgoing traffic (WAN side) and then one for the routed
> >traffic (LAN side) of the box.
>
> Yes,
> You need to nics.
> But why? Are you wanting to do some firewalling?
> You could just get a cisco 80x (for isdn) and set up filters.
>
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