You can also get some Allied Teslyn 10/100 nics WITH Bus mastering (meaning the card
processes network traffic rather than the cpu) for $15. I just got one from CDW.
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 04:42:35PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> K<bob>
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