Home Network
I am updating my home network setup. It is rather slow, between making sure it is functional and doing it a bit at a time. Part of the process is documenting the security policy. It is a work in progress.
Supporting a full blown network for the benefit of myself and a roommate may seem like overkill, but it is fun!
A basic home network usually has a network connection, for accessing the internet, and at least one workstation, usually a PC. Depending on the effort ipcop required some type of firewall may exist as well as file sharing and sharing of recourses between computers on the network.
This is not what I wanted. In addition to a PC of my own and one belonging to my roommate I had some Linux servers and wanted to set up a fully functioning network where I could practice my computer skills and play with different configurations. As such I chose to incorporate many networking components usually only found in commercial network configurations.
- Firewall
- Dynamic IP address assignment
- DNS Server
- Network printer
- Network packet monitoring
- File Server
All of these components need to be accessible in a mixed environment consisting of computers running either Linux or Windows.
The best part of all of this is that most of the software was free! The only thing I've paid for is the Windows 2000 Professional running in VMware. ( I've also paid for other PC applications, like VMware, since good free ones are hard to find. ) The rest of the operating software was both free and legal.
The components break down as follows.
- ipcop (Linux Server)
- Firewall
- Internet Gateway
- Ammon
- Teancum
- Ether
