Dragon Singer wrote:
> Hello fellows,
> I have a few questions for you.
> We will be getting hooked up to the University's LAN in about a
> month or so. For security reasons I'd like to set up a comp as a gateway
> instead of getting an IP for each comp my family owns. Will a 486 work for
> this job? What are the bare requirements for this gate. The 486 I'm
> looking at doesn't have a HD but I can take the 2.4 gig HD (The Linux HD
> on my current desktop) and swap it in. The gentleman I'm negotiating with
> says he'll sell me the box and a NIC for $85.00. Will I need two NIC
> cards? one for the ethernet connection into the gate and one to go to
> the hub? Any help would be appreciated.
Yes, you'll want to set up two separate ethernets and you'll want two
NICs in the gateway. A 486 should be fine. You should be able to get
a no-name NIC for $15 or less.
You should probably look at the Linux Firewall HOWTO if you haven't
already.
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html
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