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SmoothWall Firewall and Linksys Router

May 12, 2005 11:03AM PDT

I recently read on Cnet insider secrets about how I could transform my old pc into a firewall using SmoothWall, a program available for download on the internet. What my question is, is it possible to have this following network setup:
1) Westell modem set to bridge mode
connected via ethernet to
2)PC with Smoothwall
connected via ethernet to
3)Linksys WRT54G Router

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(NT) (NT) Yes.
May 12, 2005 10:16PM PDT
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Thank You!!!
May 13, 2005 8:23AM PDT

Thank you R. Proffitt for replying to my question. I can't wait to try it out!