Re: selecting old machines for firewall/router use

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal.mail@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

Adrian Levi a écrit :
> 
> I'd also suggest a static ip configuration with a setup like this, as
> you'll only have one computer at the end of each ethernet segement you
> won't gain anything from DHCP, you'd need a subnet declaration for
> each nic and a pool statement.

Ethernet cards can be bridged together to form one LAN, with one subnet.
But an easier solution would be to use a cheap dumb switch, or the extra
LAN ports of the internal switch of the wifi router now set up and used
as an access point.