[TriLUG] Decent install target?

Tanner Lovelace lovelace at wayfarer.org
Tue May 7 11:13:24 EDT 2002


On Tue, 2002-05-07 at 11:01, Jason Tower wrote:
> if you just want to run a router/firewall/vpn box, you might want to check
> out smoothwall (or a fork called ipcop).  installs on just about anything in
> about 10 minutes, managed via a browser.  does NAT, VPN, port forwarding,
> firewall, intrusion detection, dynamic dns, and a few other things.  i've
> been using it at home for about six months with my roadrunner account and
> haven't touched it except to change my port forwarding and firewall rules.
> all you need is an IDE system (scsi not supported) and two network
> interfaces (dialup, isdn, ethernet).  very nice package -
> 
> jason

Or, as an alternative, you could put both an ethernet card and
a wireless (802.11b) card in it use the Sputnik CD to turn it
into an authenticating wireless access point. :-)

Tanner
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