[linux-help] Re: Routers, Hubs, & Switches -

[Denis Medvedev <t_mdl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Last thing that worked for me great as a road
runner masquerading router was
at 
www.coyote-linux.org
The simplest and greatest.
Works from a floppy.

--- Steven Saner <ssaner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 07:00:04AM -0500, Bob
> Goodwin wrote:
> > 
> > I would like to "network" two linux boxes ['586
> RH-7.2], one of
> > which is presently connected to the Road Runner
> cable. Actually
> > both have eth cards and will work on the cable.
> > 
> > I have been searching for information and am
> presently in a state
> > of total confusion about routers, hubs, and
> switches.  Apparently a
> > router will connect the boxes together and provide
> an internet
> > connection to both?
> > 
> > A hub will allow me to transfer data between
> computers via ethernet
> > [my main objective] and with the addition of my
> old '486 I can
> > create a router?
> > 
> > Now I have discovered that Sam's Club sells
> something called a
> > "switch" that offers similar functions?
> > 
> > What do I need to buy? Will all of these devices
> tie my boxes
> > together? What's the difference between a hub and
> a switch?
> > 
> > Can anyone help on any of these questions?
> > 
> > Bob G -
> 
> I would recommend looking at the
> Networking-Overview-HOWTO at the
> Linux Documentation Project (www.linuxdoc.org).
> 
> Briefly though, a router is a device that is used to
> connect two
> networks together. In your case this would mean a
> device to connect
> your network (even if it is only one computer) to
> Roadrunner's
> network. A hub or switch is used to connect several
> computers together
> on a single network. A switch is technically a
> little bit better than
> a hub, but basically they do the same thing.
> 
> There are devices out there, made by Linksys and
> others, that are
> called DSL/Cable routers. They contain an ethernet
> interface that
> connects to your cable modem, and then they contain
> a switch with
> maybe 4 ports that you can plug 4 computers into. So
> you can solve the
> problem with just one device. This is the easiest
> way of doing things.
> 
> Yes, you can use a computer (even an old one like a
> 486) with Linux
> installed as the router device. In that case you
> would probably put
> two ethernet interfaces in it. One goes to the cable
> modem and the
> other would need to go to a hub or switch. You would
> then plug the
> rest of your computers into the hub/switch. This is
> a more flexible
> option in that you have more control over what your
> router can do. You
> can play with various levels of firewalls etc.
> However, it will take
> more learning. There are other HOWTO pages that talk
> about different
> elements of this kind of thing, and you can probably
> get more specific
> help from this list if that is what you decide to
> do.
> 
> Steve
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