If you have an old 486 PC laying around, check out linuxrouter.org and
lrp.c0wz.com.

This is a micro linux distro that boots off a floppy disk.  With 2
network cards you can easily create a router with NAT, and more
importantly, a firewall.

Chris

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Simon-Thijs de Feber wrote:
> Date:         Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:08:59 +0000
> To: PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu
> From: Simon-Thijs de Feber <stdf23173@YAHOO.CO.UK>
> Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list
> <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu>
> Subject:      Re: [OT]: PIC web server question
>
> Hi,
>
> You will not be able to acces it unless you install a
> router / gateway / DNS.
>
> Your internet address is 200.xx.xx.xx.
> Your intranet address is 192.168.xx.xx.
>
> This means it is (the 192.168.x.x range) , if you have
> done it correctly, shielded from the internet.
>
> You have to, some how, pass the incoming packets from
> 200.xx.xx.xx from  your computer to 192.168.xx.xx
> (And back of course).
>
> A router/gateway/DNS incapsulates the outgoing packets
>
> from 192.168.xx.xx in such a way that when packets are
> coming back it knows it has to be routed to
> 192.168.xx.xx again.
>
>
> There are a lot of useful Linux Howto's (altough not
> directly related to windows it still is good stuff to
> read). Consider your PIC server as a computer on a
> intranet and you will find what you are looking for !
>
>
> grtz,
>
>
> Simon
>
>
> --- Octavio P Nogueira <octaviopnogueira@UOL.COM.BR>
> wrote: > I've been playing with a pic web server and
> now I
> > need some help.
> > My computer has 2 Ethernet board, one is connected
> > to a ADSL modem and the other to the pic web server.
> > The pic web server has an address of 192.168.0.3
> > the computer Ethernet board is 192.168.0.1 and the
> > other one connected to the ADSL is 200.221.41.219.
> > I can connect to the pic web server from my computer
> > but how can I access it from Internet? Do I need
> > some
> > kind of gateway?
> >
> > Friendly Regards
> >
> > Octavio Nogueira
> > ===================================================
> > nogueira@propic2.com                  ICQ# 19841898
> > ProPic tools - low cost PIC programmer and emulator
> > http://www.propic2.com
> > ===================================================
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