a little more complex home network setup

[xyyz]

This is what I want to do.

I want to have a sort of double NAT. I want to keep my workstations under my Linksys router using class-c internal address. My servers will be under my Cisco 806 using internal class-b addresses.

I want to setup a proxy server, DNS server and web/ssh server.

For the proxy server, I have a dual p3-700 w/256mb... I want to know what I should run. Should I run, FreeBSD 4.4, Solaris 8 or Win2k Server? I am leaning towards FreeBSD 4.4 or Solaris. I know that i'll probably have more software flexiblity (free software) with FreeBSD.

I have some questions about any problems between the class-c and class-b internal addresses.

If I point the workstations, which have internal class-c addresses, to the DNS and proxy servers that have internal class-B addresses... will there be any issues? is there a problem with a setup between two classes of internal addresses?

 

[Jonathan93]

Personally, What I'd do is, I'd take the Servers, and give them IPs on the class C network and the class B network(It sounds like they are all going to be in one LAN, so this would work fine).

If you choose to do it the way you are thinking it may or may not work. What would happen is the IP packets from the workstation would go out the Linksys Router. At that point they would would head over to the Cisco Router, If the ports are mapped through it would go back through the Cisco router to the server.

If you do it my way, the 2 just communicate directly. (If they are all in one big LAN. Since they both would have IP addresses in the same subnet, they could communicate across the Class C network with nothing between them).


If you want to control who uses which NAT box, just mess with the default gateway (Like the Default gateway for the workstations would be the Linksys Router, and the default gateway for the Servers would the Cisco Router).

About the Proxy server... I'd go with FreeBSD or something of that nature .