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Date:	Tue, 8 Oct 2002 18:28:06 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	SCOUG Help <scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Injoy Firewall Pro

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Hello,

Can anyone help me interpret some information taken from the May 2001
issue of "Extended Attributes". It's about using the Injoy Firewall Pro
on an OS/2 computer that serves as a gateway between your home LAN and
the Internet. The article said the following (in part):

"The setup issue with Injoy is that, for the best intranet and Internet
performance and security, you should use two NIC cards, one dedicated to
connection to the outside world via that external DSL/Cable modem and
one connected to your internal network via a hub. Two NIC cards have
been a historic challenge for OS/2 users. Few if any identical cards
work in OS/2. Intel makes a NIC card for servers that has dual ports,
which can be made to work on OS/2, ....,

...., but many low cost adapters are suitable for OS/2. It should be
easy to find two with different chipsets to use."

OK! I do not understand the issues involved in the above statements and
the installation and use of the Injoy Firewall Pro. Apparently, I
gather, Injoy needs 2 NIC cards from the same manufacturer for top notch
performance. However, 2 cards from the same manufacturer rarely work in
OS/@???? This is all correct???? Why???? And the alternative is to use 2
NIC's from different manufacturers, with resulting less performance from
Injoy. Is all of this correct???? Please explain!

If anyone can explain this, thanks very much for your help.
HCM

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