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    Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Dan Boger
   (...) the only thing we use (though I do like ZA) is a linux firewall, that does the NAT for us as well... (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Larry Pieniazek
   (...) Do you use that as your router too? Is there a ready to read guide for the not very network technical on how to set up an older/cheaper box with Linux for the express purpose of being on 24/7 (in my case it would be in the basement where my (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Dan Boger
     (...) well, only as a router between our home network and the "DSL-network". I have an external "DSL-modem" which does the actual routing, but it's connected to one interface on the firewall (486/25, 8MB ram), while the other interface is connected (...) (24 years ago, 1-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Kevin Bannister
     (...) don't know about dan, but i do. ;) mine is a 486 with a floppy drive and two nic cards (one from the cable modem, one to feed into the hub). (...) there are plenty. :) check out (URL) and (URL) (the one i use). (...) i found it easier to go (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Paul Foster
      (...) I have a cable modem and hung a NetGear FS105 5 port switch off the cable modem and hooked up the kids computer and my computer off the switch, no configuration changes to Windows after adding the switch. I am also using Zone Alarm on both (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Mike Stanley
     (...) The way I did it was definitely less hassle. $179 at Staples - plug it in and 10 seconds to "configure" it. Sure, I could have slapped a couple of NICs in a machine (in fact my main Win2k dual 566 *has* two Intel Pro 10/100 NICs and used to (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Matthew Miller
   (...) (2 URLs) The easiest way to go is to get one of the prebuilt disk images from the Steinkuehler site -- just put it in, boot up, configure a few things via the menu-based interface, and go. (...) Well, to be honest, those little boxes are (...) (24 years ago, 2-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Paul Foster
    So what is the advantage to the router versus just putting a $90 ethernet switch on your broadband output device?? Paul (...) (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville —Dan Boger
   (...) well, a switch won't do dhcp serving, or authunticate you to your provider, or do NATing, firewall, etc... (24 years ago, 3-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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