Excellent. I'll try it. I think the box I plan to use is a 160 MHz Pentium with 64M RAM, but the network is small and I doubt I really need any kind of proxy cache. -- Phil Mattison http://www.ohmikron.com/ Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Dayley To: Main PLUG discussion list Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:41 AM Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > IPCop is a turn key solution. It does everything you have so far > described upon installation. After you input your dial-up parameters, > it takes care of DNS, DHCP, NAT and firewall for the computers in your > local network. > > Of course you can disable the service you don't need but it's all there. > I used it for 3+ years running on a 200 MHz box for my home network DSL > connection. We had it for more than 3 years at work serving a local > network of 50+ computers running on a 200 MHz box. It did not break a > sweat. > > It will do what you need, just try it! > > Alan > > Mattison wrote: > > Thanks, that looks like a pretty good solution for the firewall. After > > noodling some more I guess I would also need to set up DNS to forward > > requests to the ISP, but I'm still not clear how you get it to act as a > > router. Which service does that? Maybe I'll just try installing from scratch > > and see what the available options are. > > -- > > Phil Mattison > > http://www.ohmikron.com/ > > Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Alan Dayley > > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:53 AM > > Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall > > > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Mattison wrote: > >>> Hi Gurus, > >>> Looking for suggestions: I want to set up an old PC with an external > >>> Hayes-compatible dial-up modem to act as a Gateway Router/Firewall to > > allow > >>> multiple computers on a local network to access the internet via dial-up > >>> account. Should be able to do this with one NIC and the modem I guess. > > Tried > >>> using a Windows box with Internet Connection Server. It actually worked > > but > >>> after one reboot my linux web development box wouldn't talk to it any > > more. > >>> Windows is like a woman on PMS: if she's having a problem she won't tell > > you > >>> how to fix it. I think I can figure out how to set up the DHCP server > > but > >>> I'm a little fuzzy on how to configure the modem and Router/Firewall > >>> functions. I was using a Netgear Gateway Router with a cable modem but > >>> switched to dial-up (long story) and now miss the ability to access the > >>> internet from any machine in the LAN. Manual intervention to dial out is > > ok. > >>> Any tips and hints would be appreciated. > >> http://ipcop.org/ > >> > >> Used it for years without problems. Easy to setup. Easy web GUI > >> administration. Great community support. > >> > >> Alan > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFGL2iiDQw/VSQuFZYRAv+DAJ97nnNzfxo/4y76rWZkWuh5LbuKaACfcfL+ > tjNo6rAjievb4fVHkvdNgwM= > =Rod0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss