Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 00:39:22 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Bob Collins <bob@pineypl.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT, Linksys router Message-ID: <15218.8714.917019.176167@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <25957159@toto.iv>
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Bob Collins <bob@pineypl.com> types: > I begin with an apology for going off topic, but figure there is a > huge knowledge base here, and I can get a good solid answer. For that, > Thanks. > > On to the question, I am contemplating a Linksys BEFSR41 for my > office. We have a Bellsouth business DSL connection with 5 static IPs. > I cannot find the information on linksys site nor can I get a decent > answer from their tech support, but I want to know if anyone is using > one of these to route the 5 IPs to the IIS I have here, and use NAT > from the Linksys for the rest of my systems. The router from B$ does > not support multiple IPs on it's WAN link. I hope this makes sense. It doesn't make a lot of sense. Why would BellSouth give you 5 IP addresses, but not give you a router that lets you use them? To do what you're talking about, you need two routers. One talks to the WAN link and the 5 IP addresses you got from BellSouth. The second is at one of those five IP addresses, and runs NAT so that everything on the other side of it appears to be at that address. The LinkSys box works fine for the second router. Since you can't turn off NAT, it can't be used at the first router, which is my only real complaint about the thing. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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