Firewall on CableOne; Help

[Armand]

Craig White wrote:
> 
[snip]
> Armand - your question indicates the confusions since it is unclear what you
> are asking.
> 
> Apparently, you have a dual-NIC Windows NT (MS Proxy Server?)
> IP Address (public) 24.116.64.118
> IP Address (private) 192.168.1.200

They're both the same dual boot computer right now with a floppy distro
as the linux
 
> and a linux computer
> IP Address (private) 192.168.1.200 (same as Windows NT Server?)
> IP Address (private) 192.168.0.200 (where does this go?)

This goes into a hub.

> and significantly -
> gateway address 192.168.0.1 (what computer/hardware is this?)
> dns server 192.168.0.25 (is this another computer that's a caching dns
> server?)
> 
> so first, I gotta ask...
> why the two private lan networks...192.168.0. & 192.168.1.?

Workstation configured this on it's own.

> then I gotta ask...
> if the Windows NT Server is already exposed to the internet, what role does
> the linux firewall play?

It's like a dual boot machine, I just booted into windows to see what
the network looked like.
I plan to use my development machine behind the firewall

> Craig

Armand