Subject: Re: Networking problem.
To: David S. <rauch@rice.edu>
From: J. Piers Hearn <endareth@spamcop.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 11/28/2002 21:59:37
At 18:47 28/11/2002, David S. wrote:
<snip>
>Five static addresses and three computers?  Just get one of those
>little five port switches a forget about NAT.  Use one port for
>your modem, three for your computers.  Configure them with the
>static addresses, netmask, default gateway, etc. that your ISP
>provides.  That's the simplest set-up.

Except that you lose the advantage of having a firewall/proxy...