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[EMAIL PROTECTED] DataSphere - Databases, back end web programming and networking 425.415.7470 ICQ: 21106703 "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evan Sayer > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 4:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Network Gateway > > I am a little unsure of what hardware to buy for this network. > > _______ ______ > | | | | > > ______ > | A |----------------> | B |------------------> > |__C_| ________ > |______| |______| > | > | |--------->| D | > > |<----------------| | |______ | > > | > | > > | > | > > ____|____ > |_____ > | > > | | | > | > F | > | E | > > |_______ | > |______| > > A is my cable modem, b is a freebsd gateway/natd/bind/httpd > server (lot's of stuff, but most of them don't get too many > requests; the webserver is very small). I use natd's port > redirection to give f and e the ability to be accessed from > the internet via ssh and ftp. F is the main file server, > while E holds other unrelated files and is also a bakcup > server for F. E also does samba for another client i didn't > put on there. D is an unrelated lan. You'll notice i have > skipped c. > This is because i don't know what to buy (router, switch, or > hub). I think when you run natd it acts as a firewall (the > data under the gateway needs to be protected), but is it > enough to warrant not buying a router? I'm not sure how hubs > or switches work. Thanks a lot (i hope someone has an answer > becuase these stupid drawings took me like an hour). > > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"