Router/Firewall Recommendation

[Reuben D. Budiardja]

On Thursday 24 June 2004 03:14 am, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
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> Finally, re the cost factor: you buy N LBB devices for $40 each. I set up
> firewalls that generally cost me $0 each. 

Here is what I still don't understand:
If I were to set up a linux firewall, I have to have at least 2 Nic cards, 1 
to the internet (assuming using Nic, which's not necessaryly so since it 
could be modem or anything), and the other 1 to the local network.

Well, then if I only had 1 machine behind the firewall, it's fine. But what if 
I have 3 machines? Then I have to either have 4 Nic cards on the firewall, -- 
which cost like $20 per Nic, and my old p166 box not necessarily will have 
enough PCI slots -- , or I have to put in a switch / router behind the 
firewall, which cost about $40 for eg. 8 ports switch (rough estimate?). So 
all in all, it's not $0. Or am I wrong ?

Thanks.
RDB 

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Reuben D. Budiardja
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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