Is this LinkSys router connection possible?

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HiI have a LinkSys Wireless-B Broadband Router with 4 ports. The usermanual suggests the following connection:                  +------+                  |  CM  |                  +------+                     |                +--------------+                |    Router    |                +--------------+                  |     |     |                +---+ +---+ +---+                |PC1| |PC2| |PC3|                +---+ +---+ +---+But I want this:             +------+             |  CM  |             +------+                |                |     +--------------+                | +---|    Router    |                | |   +--------------+                | |         |     |               +---+      +---+ +---+               |PC1|      |PC2| |PC3|               +---+      +---+ +---+The reason is PC1 is a Linux box that I want to ssh into remotely. Italready has 2 working NICs configured. In fact, I can plug PC2 intoeth1 of PC1 to access the Internet.How can I configured the router to use PC1/eth1, which has a static IPof 192.168.0.2?Thank you very much.RegardsKevin

Fafa Fofo · Accepted Answer

You can do it the way you want but then your linux box will always need to run in order for your pcs to connect. The easier way to do it is to hook them up according to the first diagram and then designate the linux box as teh DMZ server. RTFM

Andy Hill · Answer

So why not just hook up as in diagram #1, and set the router to forward the sshport (22, iirc) to the linux machine?   No muss, no fuss.

David H. Lipman · Answer

Andy:Maybe he just likes a more complicated setup and the increased latency ?Dave :-)| So why not just hook up as in diagram #1, and set the router to forward the ssh| port (22, iirc) to the linux machine?   No muss, no fuss.|

Is this LinkSys router connection possible?

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