Ive been doing this for about a year now, and I really dont miss fussing with an old firewall pc at all. I actually have that model, and its a real nice unit... You can find them real cheap just about every week in the sunday ads if you need one.
Jamie On Tuesday 03 May 2005 10:32 pm, Mr O wrote: > Welcome to our semi-regularly active random location meetings > group. > > As for a recommendation to your question, are you providing a > firewall for a dial-up or high speed connection? If high speed > why not pick up a router like the Linksys WRT54G which sells > nearly everywhere for $49 these days. It's completely hackable > and would consume very little power compared to a dedicated PC. > A little power saving can go a long way. Just a thought. > > That be all, > Mr O. > > --- Walter Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now onto my question... > > > > I was wondering if anybody has any experience with the > > Smoothwall > > (www.smoothwall.org) linux-based firewall product. I need/want > > a > > firewall for my home LAN, and heard about this product. In the > > past > > I've used homespun linux configs for a firewall, but it was > > always a > > low priority to maintain and would fall by the wayside. I was > > thinking > > about buying a dedicated firewall device but this Smoothwall > > product > > may fit the bill (if it does, does anybody have an old x86 box > > they > > want to part with?). My one concern is that it looks like > > they've got a > > corporate version with "extra" features - which makes me > > wonder if > > they're limiting access to the linux internals (which you > > would > > normally be able to tweak yourself). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Walter. > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > euglug@euglug.org > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list euglug@euglug.org http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
