Greetings, Darren.
I have to admit that I built my system mostly out of found parts, too.
Almost everything was cast-offs from work or leftovers from home system
upgrades. I did pay $20 for the CPU and $35 for a new mid-tower case.
When all you need to do is pass packets, a pair of ISA NICs is the way
to go. 3com Etherlink III NICs are about as generic as one could want
and cost ~$5 around here; 3com has all the docs and software online still.
I'm not sure I would chose Win 95 as the base software platform for a
firewall. As I said to Cayenne, I think GNU/Linux or *BSD would make a
much better foundation for a homebrew firewall/router. Cayenne's
comments almost tempt me to try loading GNU/Linux onto my LC 475.
Sp00ky
Darren wrote:
> 8mb ram, 66mhz 486sx, 80mb hdd, 2 isa nics
> Min floppy install of win95 and wingate4.
> you got to fix tpc, dhcp for yourself.
> Needs a bigger harddrive or a second one. :)
> bit noisey but its doing more than spreadsheets.
> No monitor, keyboard or mouse.
> Zero cost. I got paid to take some parts away.
>
> I'll dig it out if your interested in transfer rates
> with this setup.
>
> Spiritus ex Machina wrote:
>
>>This is where I would (and did) move away from the Mac architecture. Set up
>>a dedicated, dual-homed, i386-platform, GNU/Linux box as a firewall/router.
>>Once you get it set up, it will run without keyboard, mouse, or monitor.
>>For example, mine is a 200mhz Pentium with 64M memory, a 2G hard drive, and
>>2 3com 10mbps NICs. Our peers over on LowEndPCs should be able to provide
>>all the specs for this type of machine.
>>
--
Spiritus ex Machina
No matter how paranoid you are, it isn't paranoid enough.
--
Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>.
Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml>
The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/>
--> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
