> > Something along the lines of a Lynksys BEFSR41 fills this bill nicely. funny you should mention it, i went and double-checked and that is exactly the linksys router i have! > > That way, you don't worry about network addresses except in house, > which should all be on non-routable private addresses such as > someplace in the 192.168.xxx.xxx block where xxx can be almost > anything from 1 to 254, don't use the 0 and 255 addresses as they > have a special use in many cases. These routers have all the PPPoE > and that sort of facilities built in, and generally speaking, a > builtin firewall at least as good as iptables can be setup for, but > without trashing your logs as the script kiddie rarely makes it to > your logs. The router will generally stop them cold. I've had two > attempts on this network in 2 years, and both of them came from > compromized verizon DNS servers. > > Setup /etc/host files that define your local addresses. That keeps > local network maintainance down as you always know that the machine > out in the shop is at so and so and an address, resolvable from its > own name in the host file. that part's a little over my head but in the Setup /etc/host mode i choose Network configuration >>> i run the tool>>> then, if i am using the router as stated above, do i "Use dynamic IP config" or set the following four items on my own: ip address netmask default gateway (ip) primary nameserver and if i do set these on my own, as Gene seemed to be implying > should all be on non-routable private addresses such as > someplace in the 192.168.xxx.xxx block where xxx can be almost > anything from 1 to 254, don't use the 0 and 255 addresses as they > have a special use in many cases. how do i know what to set these four items as? thanks chris -- This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org
