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Re: [cobalt-users] Why do cobalts have two ethernets anyhow?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Why do cobalts have two ethernets anyhow?
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Jun 6 20:13:01 2003
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Sun Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Malcolm McLeary wrote:
> on 7/6/03 6:25 AM, Josh Kuperman wrote:
>
> > I am curious why (some, eg.xtr, 550) cobalts have two ethernet
> > interfaces.
>
> Common hardware design for multiple software configurations.
>
> For example, a Qube3 has two interfaces so it can be a firewall for a LAN
> ... you can install the Qube3 OS on a RaQ4.
Or you can setup a RaQ to do masq, and ip port forwarding with ipchains
so you still have a web server, and you have the advantages of the Qube3
Gerald
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