Zipslack would be fine to do this too ;P Gentoo i believe would also do really well.. hehe OpenBSD does rock though Nige ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Benjamin" To: "Edgardo Giraud" Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 2:24 PM Subject: Re: Router-Gateway-Firewall solution for less than 150?? > > As was posted to this list the other day: > > www.closedbsd.org > > I've requested that the author (who is from phoenix) add serial console > support to his kernel, so as soon as this version is released you would > only need: > > 486 processor/motherboard w/ serial cable and probably a heatsink/cpu fan > 8MB RAM > Floppy Drive w/ cable > Power Supply > 2 10mbit PCI NICs > A shoebox to put it in :-) > > You should be able to find that for under $50, or possibly get someone to > give you some of it. That's about the cheapest solution out there that > I can think of. There are floppy based Linux nat+firewall solutions as > well, but I'm a BSD bigot and I know the author :-). > > --mikeb > > On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 12:16:54AM -0800, 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! > : > : __________________________________________________ > : Do You Yahoo!? > : Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! > : http://mail.yahoo.com/ > : ________________________________________________ > : See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > : > : PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > : http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >