firewall

[Bryce C.]

I don't remeber exactly how I did it but I think I mounted the ISO,
copied the .tgz file from inside the mount to my webserver and created a
boot floppy from the files in the images/ directory at the same time,  I
think. 

On 05 Jun 2002 21:24:36 -0700, robert jorgenson wrote:
> >From thier site it appears you need a 20MB cd iso image to install smoothwall ... am i missing something somewhere?
> 
> On 05 Jun 2002 20:00:31 -0700
> "Bryce C." <plug@bryceco.net> wrote:
> 
> > I've got a box nearly identical to that running smoothwall for my
> > network.  I've actually got a 13Gb in it, (yes I know it's overkill but
> > it's for caching my little modem connection).  It did have a floppy and
> > cdrom but I pulled those for other computers because it didn't need
> > them.  Just the floppy drive was all that I needed for install w/network
> > option.  Best router in my opinion it doesn't take forever to boot as
> > with floppies.  Also, great user interface!  (Especially once you edit
> > the files and remove the banners!)  Just try it and you'll be amazed.
> > 
> > Bryce C.
> > Network Administrator
> > CoBryce Communications
> > Bryce @ BryceCo . Net
> > 
> > On 05 Jun 2002 18:36:27 -0700, robert jorgenson wrote:
> > > Ok i got this P1 200 mhz box here i want to turn into a firewall, its got a floppy drive and a 2 gig HD(couldn't find anything smaller), a 3com NIC, a realtek NIC, 64 megs of RAM and i was wondering what would be a good small firewall distro that i could install without a cdrom. Right now my setup is like this ...
> > >                                   
> > >                                             Parents Wintendo Box
> > >                                           /
> > > Internet--qwest gateway box--4 port hub--[
> > >                                           \
> > >                                             8 port hub--My main box
> > > 
> > > Im thinking it would be best to put the firewall infront of the first 4 port hub but my parents are wierd and i doubt they would let me do that, so i will probably be putting it in front of my hub. I really just want something to keep unwanted things out of my box. Plus i also want to set up a web/ftp/email server sometime in the near future but thats soemthing else alltogether :) Any help is apreciated thanks :)
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