on 8/17/00 7:33 AM, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote:
>> Thus spake Tony McGee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>> [...]
>>> Firewalling works by selectively blocking off access to certain Internet
>>> Protocol ports. It's recommended to have a single dedicated machine as a
>>> firewall and a second one as an internal mail/web server but if you're short
>>> on
>>> machines you can always just combine the two servers onto the one box and be
>>> more careful about your firewall rules. For a full run down on how the
>>> firewall
>>> sofftware IPCHAINS works refer to it's HOW-TO document.
>>
>> For those of us without the time to spend and who can afford it,
>> Linksys (I'm pretty sure) make a CABLE/DSL/Firewall/10-100 Ethernet
>> switch all in one box which retails for $299 Cdn (so presumably around
>> $200 US).
>>
> It's listed in warehouse.com's catalog for $179 US.
> John
>
$10 dollars less at compUSA. I just installed one at a client's location and
I was very impressed. from opening the box to getting 3 win95 computers
sharing a cable modem took ~ 30 min.
Gavin
