I agree, a linux box running ipfwadm would work a lot better than the pipe. (But still I think it would be cool to watch the pipe blow up) :) Jason On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Jake Messinger wrote: > On Tue, 30 Sep 1997, Jason Nealis wrote: > > > > > 200 workstations? Ouch, I'm guessing that it's a 128K line, hmm not good > > bandwidth there. haha. I'd suggest that he do this with one of the > > new IMPROVED pipelines, I can see serious problems with the Pipe holding > > that type of routing table and etc. I think it would bring the 75 to > > it's knee's. > > He might want to consider using a pipe 50 connected to a NAT box like > either linux (stripped down) or Dave Mischler's IPRoute which is GREAT > software. You can use a 386-25 with no kbd, monitor and just a floppy > drive, an ethernet, connect to the pipe 50. So the 50 and the IPRoute box > get a network number and the rest get nat translated from 192.168... > > > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > Jake Messinger 713-772-6690 jake@ams.com > Advanced Medical Systems, Inc. jake@uh.edu > 8300 Bissonnet #400 > Houston, Texas 77074 <A HREF="http://www.ams.com/~jake">http://www.ams.com/~jake</A> > ~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~'`^`'~*-,._.,-*~ > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg09218.html">Re: (ASCEND) NAT on P75 for 200 workstations (yeah, really...)</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09223.html">RE: (ASCEND) 5.0ap27????</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09220.html">Re: (ASCEND) Connection Problems!!!!</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09218.html">Re: (ASCEND) NAT on P75 for 200 workstations (yeah, really...)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg09242.html">Re: (ASCEND) NAT on P75 for 200 workstations (yeah, really...)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#09222"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd182.html#09222"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>