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