I have used linux ipchains/ipmasq for my firewalls and
gateways at home for dial up and at our temporary office here
over the dsl line. I haven't messed with anything bigger
than that. I am wondering now about routers mostly. what
exactly does a router do that my ipmasq linux box doesn't
I don't really want a complete lesson on this just a quick
overview of what it is for. basicly I am setting up a net
work for a t1 line. from the t1 it goes into a router, from
there it goes into my linux firewall with ipmasq being used
as the gateway to the internet. then going to a 192.168.x.x
network in our lan. I have a dhcp/samba/dns server running
inside the firewall for the lan also.
now for the real questions. Is this what I should be
doing? and could I get a basic explination of networking
from the lan to the internet?
These questions almost seem trivial to what I feel I should
know but don't. It just seems my knowladge is really full
of holes. also is there any good reading I could pick
up for explaining this kind of stuff that is 900+ pages?
Bill Warner
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