[aclug-L] Re: Shutting down linux from X

[Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Anne McCadden wrote:
> I had a linux firewall that was using one IP address.  When it showed up 
> on their scans that I wasn't actively using the internet, I was getting 
> bumped off.  I kept having to reboot my linux firewall everytime I 
> wanted to check a web page or my email.  I was getting tired of that 

Did not need to reboot,:( only to restart the network with the built in 
scripts. :)

Also, if you run something like fetchmail and have it set to check for 
mail every 10 - 15 minutes the link is constantly active and would not 
get bumped off.

> crap.  Now that I am using  a SMC router/firewall, I'm not getting 
> bumped off, but now  I am using more than on IP address.  I guess I will 
> be redoing my network again.  ~Anne
> 

If it is using more than one internet address it is not a router, just a 
hub/switch.

A router would use one address on the internet and provide private 
addresses on the home side of the router. It then takes care of 
"routing" communications from the network on one side to the internet on 
the other side.

A hub/switch passes the internet addresses to each attached machine and 
does nothing more than provide a connecting point for everything attached.


> Michael Moore wrote:
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>>Anne McCadden wrote:
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