Router-Gateway-Firewall solution for less than 150??

[Nancy Sollars]

----- Original Message -----
From: "George Toft" <george@georgetoft.com>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: Router-Gateway-Firewall solution for less than 150??


> 1.  Get an old 486 or low end pentium.  retrobox.com
> has them for $15-30.
> 2.  Get two nics.  $25
> 3.  Download a floppy-based linux router.  Config
> and go.  I have some LRP images that work.  LRP is
> based on Debian, and is a bitch to set up, however,
> my images work (that's why I posted them - no, not
> because I'm a Linux Guru, but because LRP is a bitch).
> Others on the list have suggested Coyote, and I'm sure
> you'll hear more.
> 4.  Get a hub and some cables.  $50.  I've seen
> Network in a box that has NIC's, cables, hub for $80.
>
> The really hard part after that is to set up your
> Windows box to use your Linux Router as the default
> gateway (no dhcp) and manually configure your DNS
> entries for your resolver.  Same thing for your Linux
> box.  Wait, this part isn't hard.
>

Sweet

Nige

> George
>
>
> 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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