I've just acquired a line with Time-Warner BizClass. The rationale behind it, let's leave that for another time. <s>
So now I've got some pretty basic questions.... I've been spoiled for so long, with a pair of T1s coming into the house right next to this TW line... Kind of like the frustration at having to deal with a dial-up. <s> Anyways, the fellow who installed it wasn't terribly helpful (BIG SURPRISE), nor were the folks on the other end of tech support. But that's OK, I can experiment. At the end of the line coming in from out-of-doors, there's a box the size of maybe six decks of playing cards. The line goes into it, and there are four Ethernet ports available. Tech support says that only one is active, but I don't quite believe him, as I can plug a box into any of them and get out. I've got four static IP addresses. I'm guessing this box-like thingee is a 'cable modem'. All it provides is access outside. No firewall, no nothing, right? So what do I do now? <s> I could hook up a single box that's running a firewall as well. Block everything but 80, for example. I could hook up four boxes, too. But I'm not sure I'm comfortable having to mess with four firewalls on four boxes; that begins to become a lot of admin that I should be able to handle in a central point. So I could also plug a firewall into one of the cable modem ports, then a hub into the other side of the firewall, and plug boxen into the hub. JUST CAN'T DECIDE!!!!!! So what are y'all doing with a setup like this? Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
