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| Thread ID: 56770 | 2005-04-14 22:23:00 | more home network queries | bjocque (1064) | Press F1 |
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| 344896 | 2005-04-14 22:23:00 | just need to sort this out in me head, connections / structure for a network using say a pc for firewall and server etc i see it as , adsl/internet phone line connects into router (which maybe firewall built in?? or not??) then router connects to a pc designated for use as firewall, then firewall pc connects to server pc, then server pc to uplink port of hub/switch, then hub/switch out to other pc's as required????? just wondering (also) bout number of lan cards per pc??? or is there like a in/out (double socket????) lan card that can be used for the firewall and server pc???? am a bit of a newbie for networking, seeing the structure above towards the ability to play lan games at home, share files, printers and other hardware(?) limit number of copies of anti-virus and/or personnel firewalls (good ones are?????) needed, the ability to administrate all this from one desk (have a good KVM switch - cheers trademe) getting sick of these thoughts being stuck in me head and like to clear them out, any good web pages out there that can be reccommended cheers in advance terry (still with a 'y') |
bjocque (1064) | ||
| 344897 | 2005-04-14 23:19:00 | Hey Terry, maybe my current layout might help you a bit...it looks like this. 1) Netgear ADSL Modem / Wireless Router / Firewall. Jetstream line connects to this. All inbound ports are closed except the ones I need open eg HTTP, FTP, SMTP etc 2) Router connects to 4 Computers (4 Windows 2k3 servers, a fileserver / antivirus server, an exchange server, a webserver and ISAproxy) 3) 2 XP Clients connect wirelessly at 54Megs I have no personal firewalls installed but do use the built in XPSP2 one on my XP Clients. I doubt it is needed though as so far nothing has got through my Netgear firewall. They maybe useful for stopping any spyware that gets onto your computers as you will be able to see what apps are trying to get out. Sygate Personal Firewall is one of my long time favourites. The way you have suggested below isnt quite right and does add an extra layer of complexity. You suggest the following if I understand you correctly: ADSL -> Router (Maybe firewall) -> PC Firewall -> Server PC -> Switch -> Other PCs It shoud look like this ADSL -> Router (Maybe firewall) -> PC Firewall (Smoothwall or IPCop I guess) with 2 network cards, one connecting to the Router the other to -> Switch -> Server PCs and other PCs connecting to the switch My suggestion is this ADSL -> Router (Definitely firewall) -> All servers and client pcs connect directly to the router. You can add another switch to the router if you dont have enough ports. A lot simplier as you can see. Anyway thats my 2 cents. Hope it helps. B. |
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