[NTLUG:Discuss] Sanity check on running a linux box as arouter

[Jay Urish]

At 04:20 PM 08/14/1999 , you wrote:
>I'm not too partial to Cisco 80x routers - they don't have "real" IOS on
>them.  Besides, I'm looking to go ADSL.

WRONG! they do too..

You are thinking of the 76x series. I hate them too..

The 80x's have the power of the cisco ios.

If you go adsl, use august and assc.
www.august.net
I have been real happy with them.

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>Alton
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>Jay Urish wrote:
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>> At 03:43 PM 08/14/1999 , you wrote:
>> >I am thinking of just setting up a linux box as a router than get a
>> >device from Netgear, Ascend, Cisco, etc.  What I need a sanity check on
>> >is this:  If I do run a linux box as a router, don't I need two NICs -
>> >one for incoming/outgoing traffic (WAN side) and then one for the routed
>> >traffic (LAN side) of the box.
>>
>> Yes,
>> You need to nics.
>> But why? Are you wanting to do some firewalling?
>> You could just get a cisco 80x (for isdn) and set up filters.
>>
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