networking project

[Harold Hartley]

Billie Walsh wrote:
> Harold Hartley wrote:
>> Because I am a ham and is setting up a ham gateway for packet radio and 
>> then plan to run a web server as well plus another project that requires 
>> a system that receives the inet ip...
>>
>> Harold
>>
>>
> 
> OK. The reason I asked that silly question is because normally it's 
> Modem > Router > Computer, not Modem > Computer > Router.
> 
> For a very short time we had two high speed internet services while we 
> decided which to keep. I tried to get two nic cards to work at the same 
> time. My idea was to have one for uplink and one for downlink. I never 
> could get more than one card to function at a time. Course I didn't work 
> at it all that hard either. It was more an exercise in silliness than a 
> serious effort.
> 
> I can't say I know enough about what you got planned to be of much help. 
> I've heard of it but never messed with it at all.
> 
> One way I can see that might work is to use an internal DSL modem. You 
> could then feed the output from the computer to the router to share the 
> connection. It would only require one nic. With our broadband card we 
> have to run the output from the computer to a switch then to the router. 
> Straight from the computer to a router won't work. Something about 
> spoofing an address for the router to see. That might be a concern with 
> your setup also.
> 
> Don't believe them when they tell you you can't share a connection with 
> a broadband card.
> 
> OK, now you know everything about the subject I know. I wish you well in 
> your endeavor.
> 
I'm not sure about the DMZ part in the router if that would help me or 
if the port forwarding would still work while in DMZ mode...

See, currently the ip passes through the dsl and would go to either 
computer or router...

Harold