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Date:	Wed, 9 Oct 2002 02:39:19 PST7
From:	Harry Chris Motin <hmotin@attglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Injoy Firewall Pro

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Thank you Peter and Steven for your responses. I understand a little
better now. I'll look up the references you cited.

Peter, I've not yet purchased NIC's. I haven't got that far. My plan is
as follows:

1. Install the Ethernet cables and outlets behind the walls and in the
basement (a couple of weeks to a month)

2. Buy/install a 10/100 Ethernet switch

3. Wire up the Ethernet connectors at all the ends. Test for the proper
connections

4. Install the NIC's. Build/install the patch cables from the NIC's to
the wall outlets

5. Configure all the PC's/NIC's

6. Test/debug the Network setup

7. Change over my Internet access to DSL by adding a DSL modem and
separate router in front of the switch

Step 1, above, will be the dirtiest and probably take me the longest. In
parallel I can be investigating the in's and out's of the NIC's that I
should purchase!

HCM

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Peter Skye wrote:
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> Harry Chris Motin wrote:
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> > [from EA] "Two NIC cards have been
> > a historic challenge for OS/2 users."
>
> You have to load the NIC driver twice (in CONFIG.SYS) if you have two
> NICs. If both NICs are the same then it can be a little tricky
> (sometimes a *lot* tricky) figuring out which NIC is associated with
> which driver (they both have the same name which is always fun when
> doing the network setup). When you have two different NIC chips with
> different drivers, the drivers can only identify their own NIC so the
> human confusion is less (you know which is which).
>
> Steven mentioned the SLOT parameter. I don't remember seeing that on
> the drivers for 10 Mbit ISA cards, which is where that "historic
> challenge" stuff applies. PCI makes life easier.
>
> Do you have your NICs yet? If so, what did you get?
>
> > ... the Injoy Firewall Pro.
>
> Tim Katz uses Injoy Firewall but I don't know if it's the Pro version.
> He's not on this list but he comes to a lot of the SCOUG meetings.
>
> > Injoy needs 2 NIC cards from the same
> > manufacturer for top notch performance.
>
> Heck if I know. Personally, I would expect Injoy to give you top notch
> performance no matter what combination of cards you used. There's an
> Injoy mailing list (injoy_products at http://groups.yahoo.com/) if you
> want to ask.
>
> I've heard that some of the NIC *drivers* aren't particularly fast under
> a heavy network load but I've never done any testing on this.
>
> I'm using an SMC hardware firewall right now but don't particularly like
> it. Once I recover from my two months in San Diego I might try Injoy.
>
> - Peter
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