On Sunday 20 February 2011 03:03:35 pm Nate Bargmann wrote: > * On 2011 20 Feb 14:22 -0600, Elmer E. Dow wrote: > > Greetings: > > > > I'd like to set up a network with a firewall for my home computers > > for security, control and convenience (file sharing), as well as to > > learn about networking. We have the Internet entering via a Motorola > > DSL modem and it currently passes data through a NetGear wireless > > router. I'd like to construct my own firewall/router to connect our > > three active machines and also use the NetGear for wireless access > > when needed. > > Reusing old hardware is fine. Be sure that you're not going to spend as > much or more getting the hardware into an old computer as you might with > a router capable of running OpenWRT or similar. Last year I bought an > Asus WL-500 GP from New Egg for about $60. Granted, one must read specs > carefully if more memory/hardware capability is required. Not to be > overlooked are the space and energy requirements of an old desktop > versus a modern router capable of running an embedded Linux > distribution. > +1
ditch the old computer , todays routers with dd-wrt or openwrt are more reliable and cheaper to run. Buffalo routers come with dd-wrt pre-installed. Your netgear router may be supported by dd-wrt, some are. If it has wired ports along with the wireless it could be fine. -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201102201726.13826.gomadtr...@gci.net
