I have been using Smoothwall for over a year now and have been very pleased with it. I have cable now but I had 56k when I first started using it. Its extremely easy to setup and maintain.
Other than Smoothwall, there are quite a few firewall orientated mini-distros like it but IMO none of them are as good. You could also setup a Linux box using a normal distro like Slackware or Debian and use iptables/chains. I have always liked Realtek as cheap and easy to use cards for Linux. But you could always just use some old 10mb ISA (NE1000/2000 compat.). Any good serial modem should work with Linux (I think). Or get a good Lucent chipset Internal modem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 11:49 AM Subject: Linux box as firewall > Hi, > I've got an old p150 with about 64Mb Ram hanging around that I'm going to > set up as a firewall for when I get broadband. I have a few questions that > hopefully somebody can answer > 1. Whats the best distribution to use, I have had quite a bit of experience > with Linux but not for the last 4/5 years so I'm a bit out of touch. > 2. I'll need a network card for the box, any reccomendations for a > cheap(ish) card that will be easy to configure under linux > 3. Until I get broadband I'll probably set it up so the Linux box dials my > normal ISP, I've only got a cheap winmodem any reccomendations for a good > modem to use with Linux > Thanks for all your help > David Hayes > > -- > GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. > http://www.gmx.net >
