Joe,
> Re: DSL Gateway Firewall
> Posted by: "Joe Takacs" [EMAIL PROTECTED] jtakacs419
> Date: Sat Sep 2, 2006 5:19 pm (PDT)
>
> 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?
A PC-based solution would definitely be more FLEXIBLE than a router with
questionable firewall solution. The laptop you describe would actually
be overkill for a firewall box. Seriously, the processor is fine, but
the amount of RAM doesn't need to be near 256 MB and the HD would be
wasted. Anything older hanging around? Any friends have some old, usable
junk they want to get rid of? The Smoothwall solution is mostly a setup,
configure, and forget kind of thing. Just leave running in front of the
network - don't even need a mouse or a monitor really -- you can use the
web-based interface to do most maintenance work or SSH into the firewall
as root and do work that way.
Like I said: I've had this solution for years and my WinXP systems have
never had a problem from the various worms and viruses out there.
(They've also had ZoneAlarm and AVG Antivirus, Spybot and Spyware
Blaster - belt and suspenders kind of thing.)
-*-Bill
-*-Bill
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