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On 9 May 2002 15:00:54 -0700, mtraum@yahoo.com (Mike Traum) wrote:

>I'm trying to configure the Nokia IP71. It requires that I assign a
>WAN and a LAN ip address. Is there any way I can assign the same ip
>address to both devices? 

No, Its ultimately a router working @ L3 connecting two discrete networks
together, not a bridge working @ L2 joining the same network. 

> I would like to do this to so that (a) I only
>need to use 1 of our static ip addresses 

You will initially only need to use one registered address on the WAN side
interface anyway, are you not using RFC1918 addressing internally ?

>and (b) so that I will not
>need to configure all of our machines behind the firewall to use the
>nokia as a gateway.

Unless you have a very small network, you should have no need to do this,
Its always a VERY good idea to put the firewall on its own dedicated VLAN
internally. You should then be able to set a route of last resort on your
internal routers and propagate that throughout the network. Your internal
hosts only need know what the next hop is. 

Personally I never give internal users direct access to the internet, setup
an proxy server with content filtering and force all your browser users to
use it for net access. 


greg


>
>Mike

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