Posted by Grommish on Oct 27, 2019; 7:10am
URL: https://itus.accessinnov.com/FIRMWARE-Itus-Networks-Shield-Firmware-Upgrade-WIP-tp1726p1910.html

Just a small "I'm still here!" post.  Between being super busy with things and being sidelined by an illness for nearly two weeks, I've not had time to do much to the test image. Hopefully, I'll be able to pick it back up this week, although I see some updates are in order for security stuff.

Is there any specific requests for a feature before I close it out and start the finalization process?  I still need to put the mode hooks in places that need settings specific to Router, Gateway, etc.

One thing I was thinking was ditching one of the Itus modes since it really was misnamed.

A bridge device connects two networks running the same protocol (TCP/IP, for example) while a gateway device converts from one protocol to another (Ethernet to ATM)

Since the Shield only has Ethernet adapters, Gateway mode is just filler.

So, thoughts on something like:

Router - 10.10.10.10, eth0 WAN, eth1/2 LAN
Bridge - 192.168.0.111, eth0 WAN, eth1 Administration, eth2 LAN

These are standard for the Shield, but I was thinking of seeing if I could do a Router hybrid mode to DMZ a segment.

Router Hybrid - eth0 WAN, eth1 DMZ on it's own collision domain, eth2 LAN

So maybe the Shield can be 10.10.10.10 on eth2, but 10.11.11.11 on eth1 with all unsolicited inbound traffic going there. Webservers, mail servers, IoT devices can be hooked to a router and kept separate from the internal LAN that way.

Thoughts or suggestions?