DSL Routers & Servers

[drew at drewtaylor.com (Drew Taylor)]

Hi all,

I have DSL service w/ 2 static IP addresses. Right now I'm only using the 
first, via DSL Modem <-> Linksys router <-> Linux server and using port 
forwarding to get things where I want. This works great. But I also have a 
second IP address I'd like to use for some business stuff. So my question 
is, does anyone have experience w/ a Linksys (or other home router I guess) 
and multiple IP addresses? Should I even bother? Should I dump the Linksys 
and go w/ a linux/openbsd firewall to give me more flexibility?

Right now I'm using named virtual hosts on 1 IP to separate multiple 
services on a single server. But my thinking was that it would be cleaner 
if I could use the 2nd NIC on the dual port card and have it listen on 
another IP. Any experience doing this sort of thing? I've gotten the home 
network setup ok, but I'm not a networking guru. It doesn't need to scale 
beyond this level. Thanks for any ideas.

Drew
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