On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Daniel Freedman wrote: > If you don't want to get down-and-dirty with configuring IP-masg with > two-NIC's on one box to serve as internet gateway, you can buy a combo
If you're going to have your Linux system online anyway, you may as well let it do the masquerading. It's not nearly as hard as it looks :} Most of the people I know that have the dedicated "routers" aren't happy with them, citing dropped TCP connections, problems with games, and general nuisance. I don't think you'll find anyone to argue that they're *better* than a Linux system. And they are lots more expensive than a plain hub and an extra NIC. The only reason I would recommend one is if your Linux system dual-boots and you don't want to have the rest of the computers offline while you're in your other OS. I can't think of any other real advantage.
