On Thu, 12 Oct 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to setup a Linux firewall/router to share my internet connection between
>several
> computers. Problem is, I only have an old 420meg harddrive to use (rest of system
>is Cyrix 166
> w/64meg RAM). Is this possible?
>
I am running a firewall on a P-75, with 32M of RAM, and 210M hard
drive. It is also running apache, and sendmail. (Sendmail is set up so
it does SPAM filtering, and passes mail to a machine inside the firewall.)
I could get by with a lot less memory - I am actualy only using 6M, and
another 10M in buffers. So unless you expect heavy web trafic, you should
have no problems.
> I have minimal experience with RH6.2 and have no experience with ipchains. If this
>is
> possible, it will definitely be a learning experience.
>
> A couple other questions:
>
> 1) Is it possible to run this box with no vid card? I might not have a vid card for
>it, so I'd
> like to completely remote-administer it.
>
Install open SSH. This works well for me. Or you can set it up for a
serial console - no keyboard or video card. You will also want to set up
LILO to use a serial console. Not a big problem.
>
> 2) Will the linux firewall/router add latency to online gaming? I game online a
>decent amount
> and don't want to hinder that performance.
>
Not enough for you to notice. Depending on what you are running, you may
need an extra maodule to run the game through the firewall, but this is
true for any firewall, unless you have more then one "real" IP address.
>
> 3) Is there a definitive source on linux firewalls and/or ipchains?
>
> 4) How much space does an apache install require? How about sendmail? I'd love to
>have these
> on this box as well, but realize it may be impossible.
>
Here is my usage with both apache and sendmail, as well as a few web
pages.
[mikkel@firewall mikkel]$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda1 165M 97M 60M 62% /
>
> I know I have more questions, but can't think of them right now. This will get me
>started,
> anyway...
>
> Jason
>
I hope this helps.
Mikkel
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