For your router you can use smoothwall. I have it running on a: 486DX66 240MB HD 8MB RAM (for home) & P166 1GB HD 32MB (for the office at work)
It's based on Red Hat and is very easy to setup. Smoothwall.org Jason On Friday 06 September 2002 10:17, you wrote: > Hello everyone, > > This is a pet project that I'm working on that has been on going for > over a year. I have a very low budget and would like some input on how the > following things can be done with references and problems that might arise. > > Problem: > 1. Trying to set up a home network with Linux boxes, Windows boxes. > > 2. I would like all computers to have internet access and have the whole > system more secure than just having my Win2k machine sitting on Shaw all > the time turned on. I am willing to buy a router but what type should I > get? I know a linux router box can be set up but with these old machines I > think it would consume more power. > > 3. I would like to avoid having duel boots systems and need Windows 2000, > (for my family,) Windows 98, (Gaming,) and Linux boxes. > > 4. I would like a FTP-site and a web-site on the system that can be > accessed from outside, also, all machines must be able to share files, (so > Samba would be installed.) > > 5. Which distros I should use. One Linux box should be somewhat user > friendly and the other as a server, (FTP, www). > > 6. An idea on how the system should be set up. > > WWW (Shaw) > => Router/Firewall > => Terminal 1 (Windows 2000) > => Terminal 2 (Windows 98) > => Terminal 3 (Linux) > => Terminal 4 (Linux) > > Background: > I have about 4 years users experience with Unix/Linux during my > years at the UofC, (this means I have no admin. experience in Linux,) and > miss my Linux platform. I currently have one computer running Windows 2000 > as my ftp-site, web-site. > > Equiptment: > 1 - Celeron 450 - Windows 2000 > 1 - P133 - 4Gb HDD (??? RAM) > 2 - P90 - 2Gb HDD (??? RAM) > > Network: > Running on Shaw. > 1 - Hub > Mostly 3Com cards for each computer. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Van Dellen Trilogy-Net Inc. #4; 1935 - 27Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 7E4 www.trilogy-net.com Phone (403) 219-8868 Fax (403) 219-8860 Cell (403) 815-1626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
