Subj : my project
To   : All
From : Beta
Date : Tue May 03 2005 11:56 pm

ok folks, i have this litle project i want to do. i have this dual pentium II 
machine sitting here with no real meaning to life. i have these extra 4 
10/100 MBit network cards. and one 10mbit network card. the first 4 nics are 
PCI realtek cards.. the 10mbit is a generic isa ne2000 compat. the O/S i'm 
thinking of using is either WinNT Workstation/Server 4.0 or Win2k Pro/Server 
any one of those. oh btw the system has 256meg of ram. i guess that sums up 
the hardware..

Now for the project itself. I would like to make this pc a 10/100 NAT router.
using the 10mbit nic as the broadband incoming and the 4 10/100 pci cards are 
the connection from the server to the rest of my network. i would like to 
use 192.168.0.x for the ip addy's on all the 10/100's. so basically this 
machine with either be an old style HUB or a newer Router. any ideas where to 
start or if it can be done? i do currently have a 10mbit hub that's plugged 
in to my dsl modem that i'd like to elimate. the dsl modem is currently 
acting as a DHCP/NAT server. which it is directly plugged in to my 4 port hub 
which is connected to my pc's for network/internet access.

yes i know i can pick up a router these days for like 60ish bucks. blah why 
spend the money if i can tinker with with something and get the same or 
similar results? plus it could act as a file server or maybe replace my 
current bbs hardware. dunno just a thought.. if anyone has an idea or know if 
this can be done with little effort.

tia

The Wilson New York BBS
telnet:/wnybbs.mine.nu
telnet:/wnybbs.zapto.org
SysOp: Beta


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