From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 00:36:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9814516A4CE for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:36:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from web61305.mail.yahoo.com (web61305.mail.yahoo.com [216.155.196.148]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2113A43D2D for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:36:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stheg_olloydson@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040814003250.35747.qmail@web61305.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [67.34.130.149] by web61305.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:32:50 PDT Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 17:32:50 -0700 (PDT) From: stheg olloydson To: abid@saigol.biz MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do I need to setup an IP Alias X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 00:36:52 -0000 >We have a ADSL internet connection served through a >Linksys router setup as the primary gateway on IP >92.168.1.1. Our ISP has allocated a non-filtered >fixed IP address to us. I have set-up the FreeBSD box >with a fixed IP of 192.168.1.50 subnet 255.255.255.0, >and configured the router to place the server in the >DMZ, i.e. direct all incoming traffic to it. >My question is should I setup the FBSD machine to >recognize the fixed internet IP address allocated to >us by the ISP as an Alias on the interface card? >Everything seems to work fine even I don't do this. Hello, Did they allocate more than one? I mean, one to be the oif of the Linksys and another one that you can assign as an alias on the FBSD box? If so, you _can_. But that should only be neccesary if you need to access the box from the internal network via the external network. On the other hand, you don't even need to put the server in the DMZ. The Linksys should let you do port forwarding for just the port(s) you actually need exposed. The more layers between your server and the Internet, the better. HTH, Stheg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail