[Suns-at-Home] Building new server

[Brian Costello]

I just got my hands on a pair or Sunfire V100 servers and plan to use 
one to replace my trusty old SS20 that has been my mail/web/ftp server 
as well as my firewall/NAT router. The other V100 will be a spare which 
is what I have now with an extra SS20 in case or a major failure. Back 
when I set up the SS20 (circa 1998) that was the only way for me to have 
a NAT capable router for a reasonable cost. When the plethora of low 
cost DSL / cable switch/routers came on the market, I kept the SS20 in 
place instead of using one of those. Now that I finally plan to upgrade, 
I am looking for some advice on whether I should use the V100 as a 
firewall or use my Linksys 4 port wireless switch/router for that. My 
question to the group is whether the port forwarding on typical routers 
will allow a server on the internal network to work as it does now. I 
need the server for the services above except the firewall/router.

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Brian P. Costello               costellob@asme.org
San Francisco Bay Area