Subj : Router/Firewall Advice
To   : ALL
From : MIKE POWELL
Date : Sat Dec 25 2004 02:41 pm

I have been attempting to set up one of the "convert an old PC to a router/
firewall" packages with little success.  I am trying to set up a Pentium 133
with 64meg RAM.  I have tried freesco, but the dial-up ISP portion of it is
not really functional, and I have also tried Coyote Linux without success.
Ultimately, I will be using a cable modem, but I don't want to have Goober
the Cable Guy over to hook it up until I know the router works with the rest
of my network (hence the attempts to use it on dial-up).
 
With that in mind, I need suggestions/opinions on other router options. My
only prereqs is that the software work on the aforementioned Pentium, with
both dial-up and ethernet (cable) options.  It can work with both an ethernet-
attached and USB modem, but not USB-only.  Debian-based is a plus, but not
necessarily required. It does not have to boot off of a floppy, but would need
to be installable on a system with no greater than a 1gig HD. I guess I could
install debian and set one up myself, but I can no longer find the FAQ/how-to
on that, and I am looking for something with a lower frustration level at
this point.  :)
 
It does not have to be linux-based, necessarily.  I do have Windows 95/98/NT4,
OS/2 Warp4, and even DOS also at my disposal, if there is something solid that
will run on top of one of those.  I'd also be open to trying something based
on BSD.
 
A full-blown linux distro with a router install option (I think I have seen
one, but don't remember where) is also an acceptable option.  Whatever I
choose has to be networkable with Linux, Win9x, OS/2 Warp4, and DOS machines,
as that is what else is on the LAN that could potentially access the Internet
through the router.  
 
Mike
 
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