Linux

Ask something
Discussion Locked

A Linux Router with just one NIC

0 helpful
5 replies

by marcus ferreira

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Dear Sir

After reading Mr. Vicent Danen's article "Using Linux with ADSL" a question was born: is it possible to setup a linux router for a home internet access with just a NIC?
I am asking this because I am not a network expert and, taking Windows98 as an example, I know can share an internet connection configuring 2 IP's to the same box -- one attached to the NIC and the other attached to the dial-up adapter. Is this scenario available to Linux?
Hoping to hear from you soon... Regards

Marcus Vinicius Ferreira

5 replies

by jacq

it sure is possible to attach more than one ip to a nic.. but
it would not be a firewall so i would suggest to buy a second nic.

regards,
jacq

by borco

Hi!

Yes it is possible in very similar way as in Windows. One NIC and one other network adapter such as dial-up modem don't mather if ADSL, ISDN, ... will work fine.

Bye BorCo

This discussion is closed to new replies.