On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 20:37, aronsmith wrote: > On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 16:16, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 18:52, aronsmith wrote: > > > OK.. I got off my dead arse and bought a small hard drive some ram and 3 > > > NICs for the spare box I want to make a firewall/router out of it I also > > > bought 3 non crossover cables (did I get the right ones?) > > > This is an old compaqbox 500 Mhz and will have 128Mb Ram (I know its a > > > lot for a firwall but thats all they had) any suggestions > > > TIA > > > smitty > > > > > > > > > > Yes, get everything installed *before* you run the Mandrake > > installation. Also read up on Shorewall, cause that's going to be > > important. Shorewall is a fantastic firewall tool; indispensible, even. > > > > LX > Thanks looks like i'm gonna need it to hide my aunts windoze box behind
If you get DSL, do not buy a router, turn the DSL modem into a bridge. Then the only thing you need to do is to get a hub. LX
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