Re: Network Question

["D Prince" <dprince hiwaay net>]

Thanks Randy. I figured it would go that way.
Thanks for the help.  I appreciate it.
-Don
----- Original Message -----
From: RTS <rts rdr net>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: Network Question


> Don,
>
>         The way I have seen it done is with the first solution.
>
>         You'll need a computer with 2 nics.  One connected to the the
schools
> lan and the 2nd hooked to the hub where the other machines are connected.
>
>         The first network card is assigned the schools ip address and
gateway.
>         The second card is assigned an address from the 192.168.x.x class
c.
> The other computers also get an address from this block.
>
>         On the linux machine with 2 nics you'll need to run the firewall
and ip
> masquerade software that comes with linux.
>
>         This should get you started.
>
> Randy
>
>
> 02:20 PM 7/18/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > Ok, I've been using RedHat and Mandrake for about a year now and
understand
> > the basics(I think), X, KDE, and etc..
> > I'm not sure how to do this, but this is what I want to do:
> > I have 1 Connection to my School LAN and 1 IP Address.  I want to hook
up 4
> > computers to this, one for a Q3 Server, a WinNT system, a win2000 system
and
> > a linux & proxy/firewall server for the other three.  Which is the best
way?
> > I want each computer to run through the proxy or firewall or something
and
> > only use one IP.  I was hoping each computer could use the same IP with
> > different ports or something through the proxy or firewall.  I don't
know
> > much about proxies and firewalls.  How can I do this?  Do I need to have
one
> > proxy/firewall computer with 2 nic cards, one to the School LAN and one
to a
> > hub for the rest of the computers(FIG 1) or just a hub for all of them
with
> > the proxy hooked up to the hub(FIG 2)?
> >
> > =================================================================
> > FIG 1:
> >              SCHOOL LAN
> >                        ^
> >                        |
> >                        |
> >      ---------------------------------
>
                   -----------------------------
> >      |   PROXY SERVER   |   <--------------->   |   HUB     |
> > <---------------->     | OTHER COMPS  |
> >      |                                |
> > |              |        <----------------->    |
|
> >      ---------------------------------
> > -----------------
    <---------------->    ------------------------------
> >
> >
> > FIG 2:
> >
> >              SCHOOL LAN
> >                        ^
> >                        |
> >                        |
> >               --------------                         -------------------
> >               |   HUB  |   <--------------->   |   PROXY    |
> >               |            |                         |   SERVER |
> >               |            |                         -------------------
> >               |            |
> >               |            |   <-------------->  ----------------
> >               |            |   <-------------->  | OTHER  |
> >               |            |   <-------------->  | COMPS |
> >               --------------                       ----------------
> >
> > (No I'm not an artist)
> >
> > Also, what Software could I use to do this in Linux?
> > I hope I knew enough to explain what I want to do =)
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> > -Don Prince
>
>
>
>
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