on Wed, 9 Oct
2002 17:26:58 PST7
Hey Harry,
Congratulations on taking on the wiring job. I hope my SCOUG presentation
helped inspire you to take it on.
> Peter,
>
> > 1. When we wired offices, we "stubbed out" ..., jacks up to the ceiling,
> > and pulled in the cables later
>
> I ain't going back up into the attic for this install. I just finished
> putting installation up there and that was a job! Hot, dusty, no
> lighting, low ceiling/roof...,
Been there. Been hot. Been dusty.
> I got a lot more room downstairs in the basement
Basement! You lucky dog. I've missed my basement since I moved west from the
East Coast.
> to run things between
> the various rooms and the switch. I'm going to leave a lot of slack in
> the cables on both ends to take care of problems, like connector wiring
> mistakes, no continuity between pins on opposite ends of the cable, etc.
>
> > 5. Umm, where exactly were you planning on putting Injoy Firewall Pro
> (IFP)?
>
> I'll put IFP on my OS/2 computer as part of the Internet upgrade. The
> other 2 computers are not mine and they use that other OS. That's why I
> need the hardware firewall. If it was not for them, I could use IFP as
> my software firewall and that's all I would need. I understand that the
> software firewall of IFP is a lot more flexible and capable than
> hardware firewalls. Also, I am not going to have a dedicated PC as a
> gateway to the Internet.
The gateway machine to the Internet doesn't need to be dedicated to that
process. The firewall function doesn't put much of a burden on the machine -
you can still use it as a client machine. Although mine is only dialup, it's
both the gateway and my main machine.
> All 3 computers will be equal on the LAN.
I assume by this you mean that you don't want to have to turn one machine one
to allow the other two to access the Internet, right? If that's true, then I
agree. Otherwise, you may not need a hardware firewall at all.
-Rocky
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