Re: Internet Gateway help
bruce <[email protected]>
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| Message-ID | <20030224152534.XEXT8513.lakemtao05.cox.net@there> |
On Sunday 23 February 2003 09:02 pm, you wrote: > As my first step to moving to linux I need to create a > gateway for my network. Right now my server runs XP and is > the gateway both I would like to change this to a more secure > gateway. So here is what I want to do. I came upon an old > computer that should work just fine. The specs are: > P90 > 64mb ram > 4mb video > 1 gb harddrive > Idealy I want this computer to run with only the floppy and > no hard drive (would this be reliable?). You are talking about Frazierwall. www.frazierwall.com You need two ethernet cards. Your p90 will do fine, no hard-drive required, 16 MB memory minimum, any old monitor (I used an EGA monitor for months). You will boot it, pull out the floppy disk and let it run for months in ram. And it's a good firewall. One problem, you need a Linux box to build the flex. Solution is to email Ken Frazier with the network card types and he will build you one. The down side: this is so simple you won't learn a thing about Linux. For a Linux workstation, you will need a bit more power than the system you described - probably P200 and 2GB. Get a RedHat distribution and try it. bruce -- This is the [email protected] list. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.complete.org/cgi-bin/listargate-aclug.cgi