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[Jonathan Hutchins]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Clinton" <clintonj at umkc.edu>

> JD Runyan wrote:
> | If you want Linux friendly, or anything friendly, get a cable/dsl
> | router.  Then all you have to do is set up DHCP, and go.  Most of the
> | routers have port forwarding capabilities, so you can run some services
> | if you like.  Road Runner will even sell you one, or set up a wireless
> | LAN for you.  I'm sure the DSL folks would do the same.
> |

> This will work as long as you don't have to SSH in to each of your boxen.
In
> that case, you'll probably have to get 5 port hub and 5 static IP's from
TWCRR
> or SBCDSL.

What I do is ssh into the firewall, then ssh to the individual boxes.  You
could forward different ports to different internal boxes and be able to
connect directly if you wanted to.