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Date:      Tue, 15 Feb 2000 22:52:57 -0800
From:      "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
To:        "Ryan Thompson" <freebsd@sasknow.com>, "Gene Bomgardner" <glbj@bellatlantic.net>
Cc:        <freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DSL - FreeBSD - Gateway ? 
Message-ID:  <030601bf784a$7ae05b20$0200000a@danco.home>

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>> Should the BSD box have 2 network cards with the DSL modem on 
>> one of them? I assume a firewall on the BSD box would be a good 
>> idea... 
>
>Yes, two network cards is the way to go with a router setup.  If you plan
>to add more machines to your lan, plug your router into a hub, with
>something like:
>
>Cable Modem  ---- Router ---- Hub
>     /  |  \
> Box1  Box2 Box3


Shouldn't that be:

       Hub ----- Router ----- DSL Splitter ----- ISP 
    /   |   \
Box1  Box2  Box3

--Dan

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