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Re: broadband finally comes to my part of Knoxville
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Sat, 2 Dec 2000 00:43:24 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Dan Boger writes:
> > the only thing we use (though I do like ZA) is a linux firewall, that does
> > the NAT for us as well...
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> Do you use that as your router too?
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).
> 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 network patch panel
> is), being a firewall, and doing the other stuff to translate from an ADSL
> or broadband connection point (cable modem or whatever) (Not sure which I
> will get yet, whoever gets here first)?
there are plenty. :) check out http://www.linuxrouter.org/, and
http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/ (the one i use).
> Or is the way Mike went less hassle, just buy a router?
i found it easier to go the linux route, but YMMV. for me all i
had to do was image a floppy disk, open up a file (could be done
in windows), follow the easy directions to enter my ip address
and all that, pop it in a computer, and power up.
> What's a good newsgroup to read about this stuff?
athome.discussion-homenetworking, but you'd have to be a customer
already to read it. :) comp.os.linux.networking is alright, too,
as long as you don't mind reading through tons of problems you
probably don't care about.
--
An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the
ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.
-Arthur S. Eddington (1882-1944)
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