Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Samuel Bächler
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? > > no. to use a desktop machine as a router, you need two network > connections: one for

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:59:42PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Ron Johnson : > > > > Now you want the WRT54GL. (Note the extra L, which means Linux.) > > The WRT54G stopped using Linux in v5.0. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G > > > > Thank you Mr. Johnson for up-to-date i

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: If this box is going to be a firewall, even with IP aliases, isn't this an issue? Is there no way for an attack to bypass the level 3 router by doing something at a lower level? Someone local to one of the two networks could send pack

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 01:49:08PM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: > On Aug 6, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > >>no. to use a desktop machine as a router, you need two network > >>connections: one for the local net

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 6, 2007, at 1:22 PM, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: 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 usin

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 08:45:21AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > 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? > > no. to use

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
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.

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Ron Johnson : > > Now you want the WRT54GL. (Note the extra L, which means Linux.) > The WRT54G stopped using Linux in v5.0. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G > Thank you Mr. Johnson for up-to-date information. The wikipedia link is great. raju -- Kamaraju S Kusumanchi http://www.peop

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/07 11:22, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote: > Samuel Bächler wrote: > >> Hi Everyone >> >> 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

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Samuel Bächler wrote: > Hi Everyone > > 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

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Kelly Clowers
On 8/6/07, Samuel Bächler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I now got a Linksys WRT54GL to which Eric Reymond refers to in "Linksys > Blue Box Router HOWTO"[2]. > > >> Question B: > >> > Is it possible to install FREESCO on top of a commercial router > >> > (hardware, e.g. linksys, netgear etc.) > >

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:30:22PM +0200, Samuel Bächler 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.

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Samuel Bächler
> 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 propertie

Re: [OT] Recommended Router Hardware

2007-08-06 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 04:07:00PM +0200, Samuel B?chler wrote: > Hi Everyone > > 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.