Lai Zit Seng <lzs@xxxxxxxxx> said: > On Sun, 29 May 2005, freejay wrote: > > > Hi, currently our network (2.2.2.x/16) is connected to a gateway router > > (with an IP address of 2.2.2.1) and we do not have any internet connection. > > My boss told me that our network would be connecting to the internet soon, > > so I better build a firewall for this. The firewall we came up with is a 3 > > interfaced linux box. One interface is connected to the internet, another to > > our network, and the last one to the gateway router. Here's the problem: > > Where does your gateway router connect to? The rest of the company > network? Yup, other network across other locations. > > > 1.) the firewall should be transparent enough between the gateway and our > > network that if we need to disconnect from the firewall we could connect > > directly to the gateway router. > > Install a bridging firewall. If anything mucks up and you need to remove > the firewall, nothing changes in as far as IP-level is concerned. > > > 2.) Our current settings on both gateway and network is retained even if > > connected to the firewall. (e.g. the gateway of our PC's are still 2.2.2.1) > > Hope somebody can help. > > That gateway router can still remain the default gateway for everyone on > your network. But you'd need to configure it to correctly route out to the > Internet :) The network only needs to connect to the internet, the gateway doesn't > > Regards, > > .lzs > -- > http://zitseng.com/ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > --
