Re: Hardware needed for home network
Andrei Popescu a écrit :
> 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).
On the contrary : only if the modem is not a gateway (otherwise the DHCP
will interfere) nor an ethernet bridge (otherwise it will transmit
ethernet frames directly between the ADSL and the LAN), and only if it
can be trusted.
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