Router-Gateway-Firewall solution for less than 150??

[Nancy Sollars]

Zipslack would be fine to do this too ;P

Gentoo i believe would also do really well..

hehe OpenBSD does rock though

Nige

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Benjamin" <mikeb@disturbed.org>
To: "Edgardo Giraud" <ejgiraud@yahoo.com>
Cc: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: Router-Gateway-Firewall solution for less than 150??


>
> As was posted to this list the other day:
>
> www.closedbsd.org
>
> I've requested that the author (who is from phoenix) add serial console
> support to his kernel, so as soon as this version is released you would
> only need:
>
> 486 processor/motherboard w/ serial cable and probably a heatsink/cpu fan
> 8MB RAM
> Floppy Drive w/ cable
> Power Supply
> 2 10mbit PCI NICs
> A shoebox to put it in :-)
>
> You should be able to find that for under $50, or possibly get someone to
> give you some of it.  That's about the cheapest solution out there that
> I can think of.  There are floppy based Linux nat+firewall solutions as
> well, but I'm a BSD bigot and I know the author :-).
>
> --mikeb
>
> On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 12:16:54AM -0800, Edgardo Giraud wrote:
> : Hi peeps, this is my first time writing to the list
> : even though I've been on the list for some time
> : now(those damn lurkers).
> : Well, anyways, I need your help.  I need to find a
> : network solution for less than 150 bucks to solve the
> : dire dilemma that is our home network - I run both
> : Mandrake 8.1 and Win2k on my system and we're on a Cox
> : cable connection.
> : Now, the problem is that every time I change OS's, my
> : wife's computer, which runs Win95, has to be changed
> : to whatever the current OS's setting is, since i run a
> : simple proxy in Win2k while Mandrake's network is set
> : up as a full blown router.  Right now the modem is set
> : up on her computer and we're linked to a 4-port 10Mbit
> : hub through in a private LAN and she's running
> : WinProxy.
> : I've suggested getting a "bitch" computer to act as a
> : router but my wife's not down... I'm not very well
> : versed in setting up the networking in both the OS's
> : so that she doesn't have to keep changing her settings
> : every time I change OS's, so I need your help - any
> : software, hardware, tips and tricks and flat out smack
> : downs would be humbly appreciated and well received.
> : The other problem is that I'm a hardware freak... I
> : love to mess with my computer. So, a gateway solution
> : seems very appealing to me, since it would allow both
> : of us to be connected no matter what and let me screw
> : around with my system all I want - so any suggestions
> : in that arena would help too.
> :
> : Thanks a million!
> : --Egui!
> :
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