Subj : Re: Network analyzer app
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Gryphon
Date : Sat Jul 02 2005 10:23 pm

On 07-02-05, Angus Mcleod said...
 
AM>   Re: Re: Network analyzer app
AM>   By: Gryphon to Angus Mcleod on Fri Jul 01 2005 14:32:00
AM> 
AM>  > AM> Why not just walk over to it and pull out the RJ-45 out of the back
AM>  > 
AM>  > When I'm at work, I'm an hour away by car.  That's a long walk.  Thats 
AM> I
AM>  > need a 'remote' solution.
AM> 
AM> Sorry -- I was picturing a LAN, all hooked together in one building, like 
AM> your house.
AM> 
AM> Okay, is there a firewall anywhere between the music-downloading PC and 
AM> his source of downloads?  What you want is a juicy NetFilter box between 
AM> the PC and the router/gateway.  

I was thinking about that; reorg the whole network.  Let my Linux server do
the firewall, dhcp, proxy, etc, so I can get more control.  But as one
writer in another group, I'm likely to get my nose bloodied if he found out
about this.

Gryphon, aka Darryl Perry
Sysop of Cyberia BBS, Kingwood, TX.
telnet://cyberia.darktech.org

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