On Fri, 17 May 2002, Wayne Johnson wrote: > We use a 675 configured as a bridge and use linux as the firewall/web > server, etc. I ended up switching ISPs rather than try to get Freeswan > to work through the nat. > Hmm. Not too sure what bridging is, but apparently it prevents doing NAT at the linux box? Or did you only have 1 IP? I agree, the 67x's had their problems, but since tweaking and updating mine it's been pretty good. No NAT here, but I am doing some arp cache stuff on the linux box. per MRTG: The statistics were last updated Friday, 17 May 2002 at 18:16, at which time 'CBOS675' had been up for 93 days, 9:21:43. I still see some code red stuff in my logs too. > Mike Nixon wrote: > > > > Does anyone have any experience with Mediacom (as a cable internet provider)? > > My high speed access options (in Maple Plain) are either DSL through Citizen Communications (~$50/mo) or Cable through Mediacom (~$30/mo if I get my own Cable modem). > > > > My employer will allow me to access their VPN (in windoze) over cable/DSL if I use a Linksys Router like the BEFSR41. The best price I see local is about $90 at MicroCenter or BestBuy, but Amazon.com has them for $70. Any other good deals I've overlooked? > > > > Does the Linksys Router do anything more than NAT? > > (Doesn't a Cisco 675/678 DSL router do NAT? - my church doesn't have a firewall (hardware or pc), but I'd swear the Cisco 675 there is doing NAT) > > I don't understand what other benefits I would get if I setup a linux pc to act as a firewall? (any good sites that explain this?) > > > > Thanks, > > Mike Nixon > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > Mike Jentges -- Jentges.Net, Inc. Voice: 763-783-3702 ************************************************** Cell: 763-370-1201 **** Remember, UNIX spelled backwards is XINU.**** http://jentges.net **************************************************