Router/Firewall

[Kevin O'Connor]

Carl,
	You really should think about adding a little RAM to this project. 8 or
16 MB would run much better. 

Kevin


Carl Parrish wrote:
> 
> I'm trying the same thing only using my
> 486SX2 50 MHZ
> 420 MB Hard Drive
> and 4 MB of RAM
> 
> I realize that with that amount of ram there is no way I'm going to get any
> of the GUIs to work and honesty I dont' care for any of them so I'm not
> worried about that but are there any firewalls that will work on this
> machine (I'm thinking it'll be next to impossible to get more memory for
> it). I have access to Red Hat or the Corel distribution (which I understand
> is really just Debian) . Are there better distribution to work pared down
> like this? I'll only be using it for the firewall.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carl Parrish
> Webmaster
> ComputerPREP.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joel Dudley <joel@silverw.com>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 8:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Router/Firewall
> 
> > E-mail me tomorrow and I will send you a generic script from work.
> >
> > - Joel
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Samson, Eric <SamsonE@simplexnet.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 10:23 AM
> > Subject: Router/Firewall
> >
> >
> > > Ok, I am trying to put together a firewall/router box on my @home
> > connection
> > > and this is the hardware I have so far:
> > >
> > > Old Cyrix 6x86 200 (acutally a 166 in the fine print)
> > > cd rom
> > > floppy drive
> > > 32 MB of RAM
> > > 428 MB hard drive
> > >
> > > I am not so sure if the hard drive is of sufficient size... Once I get
> the
> > > box assembled, I want to install Red Hat 6.2 on it... Can anyone point
> me
> > > in the right direction for documentation or recommend any good books
> which
> > > can help me get started on what I need to do after the install?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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-- 
Kevin O'Connor

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits,
but not when it misses.
                -- Francis Bacon