On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have some questions about building a firewall. I currently have a > cable modem connection which of course gives me a static IP address. > If I was to build a firewall using a old 486 could I still assign my > Debian box the static IP address as it is needed for my server which I
No. The firewall system has to have the "real" IP address. What you need to do is use IP Masquerading on the firewall system. You can then use ipmasqadm to redirect whatever ports you need to the system(s) behind the firewall.
