Excellent. I'll try it. I think the box I plan to use is a 160 MHz Pentium
with 64M RAM, but the network is small and I doubt I really need any kind of
proxy cache.
--
Phil Mattison
http://www.ohmikron.com/
Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software
----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Dayley <
alandd@consultpros.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <
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Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall
> > IPCop is a turn key solution. It does everything you have so far
> described upon installation. After you input your dial-up parameters,
> it takes care of DNS, DHCP, NAT and firewall for the computers in your
> local network.
>
> Of course you can disable the service you don't need but it's all there.
> I used it for 3+ years running on a 200 MHz box for my home network DSL
> connection. We had it for more than 3 years at work serving a local
> network of 50+ computers running on a 200 MHz box. It did not break a
> sweat.
>
> It will do what you need, just try it!
>
> Alan
>
> Mattison wrote:
> > Thanks, that looks like a pretty good solution for the firewall. After
> > noodling some more I guess I would also need to set up DNS to forward
> > requests to the ISP, but I'm still not clear how you get it to act as a
> > router. Which service does that? Maybe I'll just try installing from
scratch
> > and see what the available options are.
> > --
> > Phil Mattison
> > http://www.ohmikron.com/
> > Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>
> > To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall
> >
> >
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> >>
> >> Mattison wrote:
> >>> Hi Gurus,
> >>> Looking for suggestions: I want to set up an old PC with an external
> >>> Hayes-compatible dial-up modem to act as a Gateway Router/Firewall to
> > allow
> >>> multiple computers on a local network to access the internet via
dial-up
> >>> account. Should be able to do this with one NIC and the modem I guess.
> > Tried
> >>> using a Windows box with Internet Connection Server. It actually
worked
> > but
> >>> after one reboot my linux web development box wouldn't talk to it any
> > more.
> >>> Windows is like a woman on PMS: if she's having a problem she won't
tell
> > you
> >>> how to fix it. I think I can figure out how to set up the DHCP server
> > but
> >>> I'm a little fuzzy on how to configure the modem and Router/Firewall
> >>> functions. I was using a Netgear Gateway Router with a cable modem but
> >>> switched to dial-up (long story) and now miss the ability to access
the
> >>> internet from any machine in the LAN. Manual intervention to dial out
is
> > ok.
> >>> Any tips and hints would be appreciated.
> >> http://ipcop.org/
> >>
> >> Used it for years without problems. Easy to setup. Easy web GUI
> >> administration. Great community support.
> >>
> >> Alan
>
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