| 1 |
<snip> |
| 2 |
> > I'd like it to |
| 3 |
> > behave that way as much as possible so my Gentoo router can handle as |
| 4 |
> > many of the router duties as possible. I've disabled the Westell's |
| 5 |
> > firewall. What other types of things should I look for in the |
| 6 |
> > Westell's configuration screen to disable? Is there anything that |
| 7 |
> > might prevent this modem/router from behaving like a modem for all |
| 8 |
> > intents and purposes so my Gentoo router can behave like a router |
| 9 |
> > connected to a modem? |
| 10 |
> |
| 11 |
> Some routers have a "DMZ Port" or "DMZ Host" option that will make the |
| 12 |
> router automatically forward all ports to the machine configured on that |
| 13 |
> port. If you like, you can even disable things like name serving and |
| 14 |
> internal DHCP and let your Gentoo router handle those (if you followed |
| 15 |
> the Home Router guide and used dnsmasq). If you have no Windows boxes |
| 16 |
> on your network, you can safely disable WINS and/or NetBIOS name resolution. |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
Are you sure I can disable internal DHCP? My Gentoo router needs to |
| 19 |
use DHCP to get an IP address from the Westell modem/router right? |
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
- Grant |
| 22 |
|
| 23 |
-- |
| 24 |
gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
Archives