On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:30:22PM +0200, Samuel B??chler wrote: > >>> I want to improve my home network. I have got a Laptop and an old > >>> desktop machine. I want to use the old desktop for server services such > >>> as web- and mail-sever. > >>> I am connected to the ISP using a cable modem. > >>> > >>> Question A: > >>> Can someone recommend a router with the following properties: > >>> -NAT > >>> -port forwarding > > > >Use your old desktop machine, just give it a second NIC to go to the > >cable modem. Then install shorewall and read the shorewall-doc. I > >should clarify this a bit: how old is the desktop machine? Debian now > >needs at least a 486 and the installer needs 48 MB ram. If the desktop > >is a 386 or has less ram, then you'll need either NetBSD or OpenBSD (24 > >MB ram). > > Well - it isn't that old. It is a Compaq Desktop EN, Pentium III with > about 500MB RAM. But there is only one Ethernet-Connection which - I > guess - can be solved by using a Hub or Switch, isn't it?
Not if you want it to be a router. Buy a NIC; cheap ones based on Realtek cost about $10. You have oodles of capacity for what you want. > > I now got a Linksys WRT54GL to which Eric Reymond refers to in "Linksys > Blue Box Router HOWTO"[2]. > Never had one. > >>Question B: > >>> Is it possible to install FREESCO on top of a commercial router > >>> (hardware, e.g. linksys, netgear etc.) > > > >What's FREESCO? > > FREESCO is a NAT/firewall router/server based on Linux and runs on a > single 1.44MB floppy[1]. > > [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/freesco > [2] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linksys-Blue-Box-Router-HOWTO/index.html > Your firewall will need to be totally up-to-date. If its a floppy image, unless its up-to-date, I wouldn't trust it. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
