Re: Adding a 2nd NIC to create a DMZ

["Daniel Hoffman" <thunk-ugh@softhome.net>]

> If you only have one NIC now you don't have a firewall. You have a router.
> I guess your setup is like so:
>
>  "firewall" - hub - LAN
>                |
>         Internet via DSL
>
>
The original poster said that he was using a dial-up modem, not a DSL modem,
so it would be more like this:

56K modem
      |
firewall
    |
  hub
    |
  LAN

(pardon the poor ascii art)

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