MiamiDX, ADSL, DMZ and the Amiga..

[Stom]

Afternoon folks,

Got a query regarding ADSL.

At the beginging of May (7th) my local exchange is finally going to be ADSL enabled. So as you can guess I have been looking into the various options for connecting my systems to the net (my Amiga and PC).

I have read up on a few things about the routers having thier own firewalls which can stop certain things like webservers and FTP working. To re-enable these, most routers seem to use port remapping (like I am doing at the moment at home by redirecting port 80 to my PC (amiga gateway) on dial up). This seems like a awkward thing to go back to compared to the 'easyness' of my dialup connection.

However, on my travels about I have seent hat most routers offer a DMZ option which basically shoves all port requests to a set machine on the routers connection (think I have read that right). What I am basically wondering is:

1/ Using DMZ with the Amiga - is it possible?

2/ Are there going to be any big drawbacks to doing so?

3/ I guess I can block all the ports that the router would do via configuring MiamiDX's firewall (all, but the ones I need free)

4/ Recommended routers? I am looking for a 4port switched version, so far I have looked at the DLink DSL504 (iirc) and the Netgear DG814 (or is it DB?)

Any help greatly appreciated,

Sam Thomas
www.amiga-mediator.co.uk
www.stom.org.uk
#Stomshouse on Arcnet

[Stom]

hmm..ok but not quite what I was after..

Most routers have a option called 'DMZ' which basically like you have said about disables the routers firewall and gives you the option to direct all port querys to a selected machine on the network and then let that machine sort out what it allows and disallows through via a software firewall for example instead of the router/modems hardware firewall.

Cant see any reason as to why it shouldnt work, guess I will see once I get can the ADSL service!

Chers anyhow,
Sam Thomas

[Stom]

Great Matt,

Thats pretty much what I wanted to know really :-)

Shame I cant get Cable in my area though, thats why I am having to go for ADSL :-/ (IF I could get cable (telewest in my case) I would have been going for a 1 meg line)

Cable router/modems are much cheaper than thier ADSL counterparts :-/

Will probably end up going for either the DLink504 or the Netgear DB814


Cheers,
Sam Thomas
www.amiga-mediator.co.uk
www.stom.org.uk
#Stomshouse on Arcnet

[Stom]

ah, JurasicCamper..

This is the area I was unsure about if I set the Amiga up as the DMZ server thing.

Not sure now whether to do this or just let the router do its own thing  :-? . If I let the router do it how do I stand on DCC chat and things like that?

Cheers
Sam Thomas