KamiQuazi Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Could I set up a PC with dual rj 45 to be a firewall then send the internet to the wifi router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) Yes you can, but in order for this to work properly you will need an OS that knows NAT, Network Address Translation. EDIT:On second thought, doesn't the wi-fi router have some sort of firewall embedded? Edited January 3, 2008 by nitroshift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamiQuazi Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 it does but i would rather be able to determine what websites are blocked and what shouldn't. In the Netgear router I own, in order to block a website i have to block the keyword. It doesn't support block a specific URL. What OSs are NAT supported? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) windows XP has ICS (internet connection sharing) built in, look it up this is essentially allows your OS to act as a router and perform NAT Edited January 3, 2008 by eyeball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamiQuazi Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Assumming I did it though XP, would i be able to turn off the DHCP in the router and manually be able to give all the computers in the network an assigned IP in the subnet 192.168.0.x?Also, would I still be able to use the 'Server' to printer from over the network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 XP doesn't give out IP addresses, you will need Windows 2003 Server or some Linux flavour to have IP addresses allocated by DHCP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamiQuazi Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Could I use the router as the DCHP and still do what I want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scankurban Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 XP doesn't give out IP addresses, you will need Windows 2003 Server or some Linux flavour to have IP addresses allocated by DHCPAre you really sure about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitroshift Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Are you really sure about that? YEP! Wanna bet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamiQuazi Posted January 5, 2008 Author Share Posted January 5, 2008 XP doesn't give out IP addresses, you will need Windows 2003 Server or some Linux flavour to have IP addresses allocated by DHCP.Would Windows Home Server do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendrag Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 it doesn't by default, but there's an add-in that adds that functionalityhttp://www.wegotserved.co.uk/windows-home-server-add-ins/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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