[CentOS] "new" computers and monitors

Thu May 29 17:17:52 UTC 2014
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Michael Hennebry wrote:
> My modem/router is a PK5001Z from CenturyLink.
> IIRC a tech support person told me that it uses ppp internally.
>
> With regard to security,
> I would prefer to trust Windows or the modem/router as little as possible,
> hence the desire to connect the Windows box to the main box.
<snip>
AH! The light dawns!

Similar situation at home. What I did was to buy my *own* router, plug it
into Verizon's, change the subnet, and everything goes through *that*. You
could, as well, set the routing to go through your main box as a gateway,
and NAT there.

     mark