Re: Hardware needed for home network
On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 12:55 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Du, 13 feb 11, 09:22:56, Tixy wrote:
> > On Sun, 2011-02-13 at 03:01 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > On Sb, 12 feb 11, 18:18:24, Tixy wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Would another option not be to just get a switch and not bother with a
> > > > second Ethernet card in the server? This is the setup I run, i.e.
> > > >
> > > > Modem <-------------> +--------+
> > > > Firewall/Server <---> | Switch |
> > > > Other system(s) <---> +--------+
> > >
> > > Yes, but only if the modem is also a gateway (NAT + DHCP).
> >
> > My Firewall/Server does the NAT and DHCP, and is the gateway for my home
> > network. The modem just provides my server with a PPP connection to my
> > ISP.
>
> You mean your modem is connected directly to the switch (in bridge
> mode?), but the server is doing the NAT?
Yes, the modem [1] doesn't have any other features. I deliberately chose
it for that reason as I wanted everything I could under my complete
control. :-)
> I know this can be done, but is generally not recommended, unless you
> have very good reasons not to put a second ethernet card in the server
> and do it properly.
My server is a SheevaPlug [2], so no room for another NIC ;-)
I couldn't see any practical reason for a second Ethernet interface
anyway. There's performance issues when input and output traffic share a
single interfaces, but as my ADSL speed is <2% of that of the servers
Gigabit Ethernet adaptor, that doesn't really factor in.
[1] http://www.draytek.co.uk/products/vigor120.html
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SheevaPlug
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