Bill, On my home network I am presently using a Linksys router, 2 desktops (Win XP), one desktop (Xandros linux right now, but I try various distros on this one), one laptop (Winbook XL2 - Win xp) direct connection, and a second laptop (wireless connection - Win XP).
I could use the old laptop (Winbook XL2, 400 mhz cpu, 256 mb ram, 60 gb hd) as the gateway to install smoothwall on - good idea? Would this be significantly "better" than the Linksys router? Thanks, Joe Takacs Bill M. wrote: > Brian, > >> DSL Gateway Firewall >> Posted by: "Brian Boothe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] codemage67 >> Date: Fri Sep 1, 2006 2:06 pm (PDT) >> >> Does anyone else run Knoppix DSL Linux ? im neededing assistance in setting >> up a Gateway / Firewall > > Make your life easier! Check out a Linux distribution completely > designed for use as a firewall. I've been using a completely plug-n-play > system installed on an old Pentium 1-166 for a number of years. I have a > number of PCs running Linux and Windows 2000 and XP behind the firewall > box and they have all been great over the years. Check out > http://smoothwall.org > and do a quick download of the bootable install CD (20+ MB ISO image > file.) Burn the ISO to a CD with your CD burning software, and boot the > PC with the CD as the first boot device. Installing this software > completely wipes the hard drive of the system used - so some older, > unneeded hardware is needed. RAM requirements are pretty low, 64 MB will > do, more is a bit better. Hard drive needs are pretty minimal too. > > Smoothwall gives you a firewall with IPTables, an Intrusion Detection > System (IDS) with Snort, NAT (Network Address Translation) with DHCP, a > VPN, proxy support with Squid, a web server (Apache) in a DMZ, and much > more. All open source components. Lots of easy-to-follow documentation > (in PDF format) available as well as forum support. Configuration after > the initial setup/reboot is done via a web interface from a client PC > (Windows or Linux) to the web server of the firewall box off the "GREEN" > network. > > Setup is easy: cable modem comes in plugs into the "RED" (or unsafe, > open to Internet) NIC. Another cable for the "GREEN" NIC (safe, home > network) plugs into a switch that all the other house systems plug into. > Everyone behind the firewall on the GREEN network gets a 192.168.10.xxx > address given to them by the Smoothwall box's DHCP server. The outside > world, of course, never sees these internal addresses--only the > addressed supplied to the RED NIC by the cable modem connection to the > digital cable network. > > You can also check out another firewall distribution called IPCop - > pretty similar to Smoothwall, but also supports a wireless sub-network > as part of the installation (with a third or fourth NIC.) > > I hope this helps! > > -*-Bill > To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
