[NTLUG:Discuss] Router Needed?

[Burton M. Strauss III]

The reason for picking low rent instead of Linux or more professional gear
is two fold

1) It get's Ken out of the business of 'managing' the fool thing
  Sorry, it's just an XYZ box - should work - does for most people...

2) It pushes most users back into their comfort zone because it's just like
the setup last night in the hotel and at home...

-----Burton

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Hanna, Mark
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 11:23 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Router Needed?
>
>
> to add printing you could modify Burton's diagram as follows
>
>
> <Internet>-----<ISP's Router>-----<HUB>----<firewall>----<internal corp
> net>
>                                     |
>                               <Linux hosted firewall> ----  <printer>
>                                     |
>                                 Conference
>                                    room
>
> That way the conference room traffic is "firewalled" going in and out,
> conf room users have access to a printer, and you can hopefully use a
> decommissioned Linux box you already have without buying a router.  You
> could then also setup VPN tunnels between the two firewalls if desired
> for specific traffic.
>
> Of course, without knowing some details of your current network layout,
> it's hard to recommend a "good and reasonable" solution to integrate
> what you asking for.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Loafman [mailto:ken at lt.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Router Needed?
>
>
> What I want is for them to have access so they can check their mail.  I
> would prefer that they not have any access to our net at all.  That
> said, I
> suspect that if an investor wanted to print, we'd bend over backwards to
>
> make sure he could do so.  What would the solution be then?
>
> ...Ken
>
>
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