On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:51:29PM -0400, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> How many computer in a network can one have configured as a gateway at any
> one time?
>
> Yes I know you will have real problems with looping if you connect more than
> one to the network at any one time but that is not my question.
>
> I have network capable 2 computer with 2 network cards in each and one modem
> in each, one phone line and NO DSL. One network card in each computer is
> currently configured for the DSL in our office.
> The other network in each computer is connected to a one port of a 4 port
> hub.
>
> Currently I can connect either computer but not both at the same time to the
> Internet by dial up connection.
>
> I am currently attempting to configure the network which should get to be
> interesting. My first question in this is since I am not sure which computer
> will become the gateway can I configure both as such without too many
> beginner problems?
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>
You'll have to pick one to be the gateway; you've only got one phone
line, after all. (A better way is to buy a cheap 486 and make _it_ the
gateway/firewall.) You _can_ have both machines on the internet at once,
if a) one is the gateway, and b) you set up IP masquerading on that
machine. In that case, the internet only sees one set of requests, even
though two computers are making them. The gateway takes care of properly
routing the requests to the requesting computer.
I've set up a total of one firewall/gateway and one file server, so
someone else would be better at giving specifics. I understand the
theory; the specific actions I'm rusty on.
Paul
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