Re: looking for a hub or switch that can connect a VPN and apply firewall rules to all ports

[Thomas Anderson <zelnaga () gmail com>]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Justin Mitchell<jgmitchell () gmail com> wrote:
> What you are wanting to do still won't prevent the ISP from shutting down
> your single internet connection if one user behaves badly. You need an
> individual internet connectio for each user. 20 users = 20 modems/routers

Ok...  let's change the situation around a bit.  If your router only
has four ethernet ports on it and you want to connect seven computers
to the LAN, do you buy a router or a hub?  If you buy a router, you'll
be creating a LAN within a LAN - if you buy a hub, you'll just be
extending the existing LAN.

Let's say the network my ISP connects me to is, itself, a LAN.
Technically, the fact that they provide my internet service qualifies
them as an ISP, does it not?  That this, shall we say, pseudo ISP
wants to ban me, however, does not mean their ISP wants to ban me.
Indeed, thanks to network address translation, they wouldn't be able
to distinguish me from anyone else.

Or lets say you're the US Department of Defense and have multiple /8
IP address blocks.  If you have a hub plugged directly into their
OC-192 modem do you still need 20 modems / routers for 20 users?  I
actually don't know the answer to that one, although I suspect you
don't, either.

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