[vox-tech] Third NIC question

Michael J Wenk vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 16:38:06 -0700


On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:32:27PM -0700, Gabriel Rosa wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:27:31PM -0700, Michael J Wenk wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 04:16:27PM -0700, Gabriel Rosa wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have something similar, 3 PCI NICs in a p2 450 box.
> > > 
> > > NIC 1 handles the DSL line.
> > > NIC 2 handles the internal network.
> > > NIC 3 handles the wireless network
> > > 
> > > there isn't anything all that complicated about it. i use iptables to handle
> > > nat/firewall, and it was really easy to set up.
> > 
> > Actually, I was at one time thinking of wireless, so this guy MAY end up
> > with 4 network cards... One question, do you use ethernet in the linux
> > box and plug it into a wireless router thingy, or do you have a wireless
> > PCI card in your system? 
> > 
> 
> Aye, ethernet. It goes to a Linksys 802.11b AP (just a hub, not a router).
> For simplicity's sake, all 3 cards are identical 10/100mb 3com's.
>

I will probably have 3 linksys 10/100 cards, and a linksys g PCI card in
it.  That I probably will research hard before I go with it :) 

Mike