I recently purchased a 2516 router/hub and am now realizing it was probably not the best model to start learning on. Nonetheless I would like to know whether the following network configuration would be feasible, or if there would be any other possible solutions/uses for the 2516.
Outside world <-> *nix (w/2 NICs) <-> 2516 <-> (other systems)
(The above scenario seems awfully strange when I look at it like that.. doing my packet filtering before it gets to the router)
From what I understand there is 14 eth ports on 2516 but it is all considered one virtual device. They simply act as eth repeaters. So it would not be feasible to expect the following to work(because there is not an ethernet interface on the 2516):
outside <-> 2516 <-> inside
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance
Outside world <-> *nix (w/2 NICs) <-> 2516 <-> (other systems)
(The above scenario seems awfully strange when I look at it like that.. doing my packet filtering before it gets to the router)
From what I understand there is 14 eth ports on 2516 but it is all considered one virtual device. They simply act as eth repeaters. So it would not be feasible to expect the following to work(because there is not an ethernet interface on the 2516):
outside <-> 2516 <-> inside
Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance