Pro/Forums - View Single Post - Anyone want to brag about their supreme LAN?

sunblade · 08-26-2002, 03:15 PM

Man, all you people have such complex networks, but I guess that comes from how many comps you guys have and dealing with the routers.

For some reason, my ADSL provider gives out modems that assign IPs with DHCP to all computers it finds, so I just have it hooked into the uplink of an 8-port switch and all the comps have net access. I'm sure it's not as elegant as other methods, but it's been working reliably for some time now. It doesn't cause many problems, except that each computer is responsible for its own firewall. My main gripe is that the print server (Compaq laptop, P133, Debian) is visible to the net, so I have to keep on top of security patches and keeping all the ports closed. I've been thinking of just buying another PCMCIA NIC for the print server and making it a router, too. Whadya guys think?

08-26-2002, 03:15 PM	#77
sunblade Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: USA Posts: 156	Man, all you people have such complex networks, but I guess that comes from how many comps you guys have and dealing with the routers. For some reason, my ADSL provider gives out modems that assign IPs with DHCP to all computers it finds, so I just have it hooked into the uplink of an 8-port switch and all the comps have net access. I'm sure it's not as elegant as other methods, but it's been working reliably for some time now. It doesn't cause many problems, except that each computer is responsible for its own firewall. My main gripe is that the print server (Compaq laptop, P133, Debian) is visible to the net, so I have to keep on top of security patches and keeping all the ports closed. I've been thinking of just buying another PCMCIA NIC for the print server and making it a router, too. Whadya guys think?