On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, biggie smalls wrote:

> Hello Plug,
>  I am hoping to attend the install fest this weekend.  I have a handful
> of years experience in IT, but no experience with Linux.  I fried my
> router so I started looking at options.  I was thinking of using an old
> pc to install ip-cop, but on second thought I decided maybe a Linux box
> for a firewall would be more useful.  I used to work on Novell servers,
> so I am interested in the new developments between Novell and SUSE.
> With that in mind, I am hoping to find someone who could help me set up
> a SUSE distro Linux box which will act as a firewall for my home office.
>

I got a couple questions about your old pc like how much memory, how big
the HD is and what CPU is in it? The reason why I asked is because IPCop
is a stripped down Linux distro that can be installed on a small HD like a
1gb HD and is perfect for that small PC if it is the right size. :) I use
IPCop on a kinda overpowered box with 800 MHZ PIII cpu and 256 megs memory
and way too much disk space. :) But hey...it's the smallest box that I
got.


>  I am using limewire and azureus (bit torrent) and would like to use
> these applications behind a linux firewall.  I could always buy a new
> router, but what's the fun in that?

IPCop does allow port forwarding and I do use it whenever I do bit torent
transfers as needed.

>  Please let me know if this sounds like something an install fest
> volunteer would be willing to consider.

IPCop takes about 2 mins to install and about 3 mins to configure. What
kind of internet connection do you have?




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