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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