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Qwest gave us a tiered network setup for our server rack which is new to me. 
The reason we chose for this setup is load balancing/redundancy/firewalling 
and monitoring.

The networks we have:

63.146.190.144/29
gateway: 63.146.190.145
ips: 63.146.190.148 through 63.146.190.150 (they claim .146 and .147 are 
unusable, haven't tested it)

And:
66.77.170.0/25

ips: 66.77.170.1 through 66.77.170.126


In the near future we are going to install an F5 router, but they are pretty 
$$$, so has to wait for a little while.

So for now I need a temporarily router solution preferable based on Linux 
(Debian) or OpenBSD and suggestions for other types of hardware based 
solutions are welcome as well.

First question:
From what I understand now is that I have to setup some router with e.g. 
external IP 63.146.190.148 and internal IP 66.77.170.1 which will be the 
gateway for 66.77.170.2 through 66.77.170.126. Where to start if I use e.g. 
Linux? I prefer not to usa NAT. Iptables, iproute or just forwarding is 
sufficient?

Second question:
I like to connect the servers to each other over a local network to mount 
drives, make backups etc. Do i need a router for this as well which serves 
as a gateway?

Thanks for the advise!

Martijn Stam
Cistron ng is still alive :-)