Re: can iSeries handle nat for small pc network -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: can iSeries handle nat for small pc network
From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:46:26 -0600
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James Rich wrote:
> AFAIK the iSeries does not do NAT.  Others have suggested cheap
> hardware, a used PC with linux on it would do this perfectly.

A small linux box would be a fine solution, with the added benefit that
it can be a general purpose server to boot.

The only draw back is that it's harder to setup and administer (compared
to the consumer grade routers, some of which {fwiw} actually do run
Linux as their own OS).

david

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