Questions on a Sun box

[Kevin Buettner]

On Jan 30,  3:09pm, David Demland wrote:

> At the current time I have a Storm firewall on our partial T1 and a NT
> firewall on our ISDN line. We have a Spark 20 just sitting around here. The
> goal: use the Spark 20 box as a firewall for both lines. I would like to put
> a Debian distribution on the Spark box, if possible. I also will need to
> replace the 10 megabit card with 3 three 100 megabit cards. Question: Where
> do I get a Linux version and does anyone know where I can get NICs?

For Sparc 20's, I think you have to go to Sun for the NICs.  I've
heard they are *expensive*.  It'll likely be cheaper to find an old
Pentium machine that's laying around and press that into service
instead.

Kevin