Hi

i have a modem dial up connection to the internet.

Do i need one nic or two nics if i want to configure a
firewall?

Can i configure one nic with ISA? Is this sufficient?

thanks again

Re: two nics or one nic???? by billyw

billyw
Sun Aug 10 19:42:50 CDT 2003

if it's only dial up then you only need the one nic for the lan.

"don" <donduck12@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> i have a modem dial up connection to the internet.
>
> Do i need one nic or two nics if i want to configure a
> firewall?
>
> Can i configure one nic with ISA? Is this sufficient?
>
> thanks again



Re: two nics or one nic???? by SuperGumby

SuperGumby
Sun Aug 10 20:00:01 CDT 2003

I'd use two and have the external interface talk to a small, cheap, modem
router.

"don" <donduck12@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
news:048e01c35f9c$9aea9e70$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> i have a modem dial up connection to the internet.
>
> Do i need one nic or two nics if i want to configure a
> firewall?
>
> Can i configure one nic with ISA? Is this sufficient?
>
> thanks again



Re: two nics or one nic???? by rayfong

rayfong
Sun Aug 10 22:04:15 CDT 2003

Yeap, one nic is necessary. The "external interface" will be the dial up
connection. This will be enough to enable the firewall features in ISA
which requires 2 network interfaces (either 2 nics, or one nic w/ modem)

Ray Fong
Microsoft SBS Product Support

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

>
>if it's only dial up then you only need the one nic for the lan.
>
>"don" <donduck12@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>news:048e01c35f9c$9aea9e70$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> i have a modem dial up connection to the internet.
>>
>> Do i need one nic or two nics if i want to configure a
>> firewall?
>>
>> Can i configure one nic with ISA? Is this sufficient?
>>
>> thanks again
>
>
>