[olug] home network lab

[Ben Dinger]

Depending on how extensive your lab is and how paranoid about security you are, why not connect it behind the router? 

If you don't want it to have access to the public internet, just put it on a different subnet than your internal network, and don't set the gateway to the smc.  

Good luck, 

On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 07:28:41AM -0500, Corey Montgomery wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I want to set up a home network lab to experiment with computer 
> security.  In doing this I want to keep the lab network separate from 
> the actual internet.  Poking around Google and TLDP.org turned up a lot 
> of information on connecting a home network to the internet via DSL or 
> cable modem (which I know how to do), and some information about setting 
> up and configuring DNS servers (which looks like a very involved process).
> 
> I have an SMC Barricade firewall/router, two PC's, and an Ultra 10. 
> Would it be possible to simply unplug the cable from the router leaving 
> the three computers connected through the router?  My knowledge of 
> networking is not very extensive...
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Corey
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