I have looked around the net a bit and can not figure what I do and do
not need to know.
I am building a desktop/ firewall for my girlfriend that has cox. As
her mother hates me I will not have access to the cable modem before I
drop off the computer, and will not have a ton of time to configure the
computer before getting something thrown at me. The computer that I am
giving away will be protecting the rest of the net from the virus ridden
piece of s* that my girlfriend's mom will not let me fix.All I know
about the cable modem is that it is not a router and that it has cat-5
out. I have no experiece with such things so I am hoping that you could
tell me of the ramifications *or point me to a guide*.
Should I do anything special when I install debian? (should I tell it a
bs static ip or what?)
Will I need to find drivers?
How much time should I assume that I will need to invest to get firewall
builder setup?
Thanks for any help possible.
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