[plug] newbie, adsl, and linux internet sharing queries

[Ari Finander]

Thanks Ryan!  Do you know if the modem bugs that crop up get fixed with a new 
firmware update soon after they're found, or doe sthe company that makes the 
modems/firmware let the bugs linger for a while?

Ari

>===== Original Message From Ryan <ryan at slowest.net> =====
>No - Don't connect the ADSL modem to the hub. Read this:
>http://www.cantech.net.au/plug/2001-05/msg00140.html
>
>In it's simplest form it boils down to firewalling/compromising
>your entire network, or firewalling/compromising 1 machine
>
>Set up a gateway machine with two NICs - 1 for ADSL in
>from the modem and 1 for ETH out to the hub for the rest
>of the machines to leech off.
>
>Ryan
>
>At 12:33 PM 5/19/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>It looks like we're going to be getting adsl (with two students needing to
>>use
>>the net at the same time and requiring good sppeds, there's not much other
>>choice here in Perth aside from spending hours each week in wasted time 
while
>>pages load).  I want to upgrade our LAN to Cat5 so that it will be easier to
>>get both computers (and sometimes an old laptop with ethernet docking
>>station
>>running RH6.2) online at the same time.  I'm looking for feedback on my 
plan:
>>
>>New Hardware Requirements-
>>1. 8 port 10mbs ethernet hub (will any brand do?)
>>2. Cat 5 cable to connect machines to the hub
>>3. A 486 to run a firewall for the network
>>
>>I envision having the adsl modem hooked up to the hub, having internet data
>>going through the 486 (also attached to the hub), and having the other two
>>computers attached to the hub and being online at the same time.  Does this
>>sound like a realistic impression of what it will take?  Does the adsl modem
>>hook up to the 486, then the 486 goes to the hub, or does each computer AND
>>the modem hook up to the hub?  Does anyone have any old cabling that they're
>>getting rid of, or an old hub (after playing with linux on all thos eold 
486s
>>and selling them off, I now wish I'd kept just ONE *argh*).
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Ari