Re: Solid DSL gateway for server environment

On Fri, February 6, 2009 7:46 pm, E Frank Ball III wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 05:31:16PM +0100, Chris Thompson wrote:
> > >> I run two mail and web servers from my house on a DSL line. Until a
> few
> > >>
> > >> Both the servers sustain quite some traffic and (especially the
> mail)
> > >> need
> > >> to open many more connections that a mid-level router can handle.
> > >> After reading some reviews, I decided to purchase a linksys AM200
> DSL
> > >> gateway and configure it to run in half-bridge mode (so that all the
> > >> public IPs are mapped directly on the servers' network interfaces).
> > >> Unfortunately, even with the newest firmware, the linksys modem
> keeps
> > >> crashing when under load.
>
> I run a server from my home DSL line too. I just use my Linux box as
> the router and it works fine.
>
> I'm using shorewall to configure the firewall/routing.
>

Yes, I was planning to use a debian system to take care of
firewalling/routing but until now the problem has been with the hardware
facing the ISP - and that's what I want to change.

Chris

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