If you are using the firewall for Home LAN does this mean availability is no longer a concern? I would think this was not the case. So yes you could build a Linux box on old hardware that is lying around getting older and unreliable with NO Warrantee. OR You could pay a few bucks a year and keep the SonicWALL under Warrantee FOR EVER. This makes a SonicWALL a great option over PC Based firewalls EVERY Time. Regards David Oh yes I do sell SonicWALLs and CheckPoint so there, I disclose my vested Interest. -----Original Message----- From: Dave Laird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 29 December 2000 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SonicWall SOHO Firewall Good afternoon, J... On Thu, 28 Dec 2000, j wrote: > 4. No linux box solution please. Must be "simple" to setup. I don't mind > configuring tcp/ip address' or playing with ports but I don't want to have > to buy another mobo, cpu, mem to build a computer with( yes I can here those > people screaming for a small 486/PPro to do this, but not on this case). I'll take the disclaimer that I am speaking out of class perhaps, even perhaps over my head, but a "Linux solution" can be as simple as one motherboard, 2 NIC cards and RedHat 7.0 and still be quite effective. I believe the minimum standard configuration I have seen this type of system work was a Pentium 200 w/64 M of RAM, 2 NIC cards and a healthy dose of ipchains. Last time I looked it had an uptime of over a year and still standing. Of course, your results may differ. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 12/28/2000 News: news://news.kharma.net If you want divine justice, die. -- Nick Seldon - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.] - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
