On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, chuck gelm wrote: > I have done something like this with a laptop with an 80486dx33 > with 80 MB of RAM. I think we can drop the 'paltry resources' theme.
I meant paltry for a day-to-day usage machine for real-world, productivity purposes. I know it will work fine as a sort of router: my own router, though it has a slightly faster processor (180Mhz), has only half as much RAM. > I slightly modified a script I found: > newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html#IPMASQSETTINGSETH > I recommend that you read the article so you can determine which parts > apply to your situation, if any. > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html Ok. Thanks for the link. I'll look it over. > So, > What is the kernel version of your Debian-variant-DSL? > (I want to determine whether you can use IPCHAINS or IPTABLES.) 2.4.22. > &, just for grins; > What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? WAP 11 ver 2.8. It's not the one that runs Linux, if you're wondering about that. > How big is your hard drive? > (I want to determine if you can run a more mature distribution > as I run Slackware v9.1, kernel 2.4.22, in my 80486 laptop.) 1.6GB, if I recall correctly. It's currently running Debian unstable, for the most part. DamnSmallLinux is based on Knoppix, which is based on Debian. After I did the install-to-hd routine, I added the unstable Debian repositories to sources.list and did dist-upgrade, so alot of the software on it is fairly cutting-edge. I had to leave the DSL kernel in place, and some of the stuff is DSL-specific and must be dealt with carefully: it uses a specially-compiled Xvesa rather than XFree86, for example, and the display can get easily hosed by apt-get(ting) the wrong X package(s). James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
