I use an old 486, 2 nic's and EigerStein (Linux router/firewall on 1 floppy). I have an APC surgearrest with RJ11 jack to prevent power spikes from doing damage. Total investment for excellent network protection: $50 for the APC, $69 for the 10/100 5 port hub. Everything else scrounged very easily for free.
This works for me, but maybe not for an AOL customer. I was trying to offer a minumum effort/minimum headache solution to the original request. The gist of the other posts that I read is that AOL is making a special effort to live up to their old moniker-A**holes On Line. Or perhaps A.nother O.ffended L.inux user Ken Randy Kramer wrote: >Michael Leone wrote: > >>On Wed, 2002-01-09 at 16:31, Ken Hawkins wrote: >> >>>Virtually every person I know who has tried to use WinBlows Internet >>>connection sharing has had problems with the machine slowing down >>>severly and freezing, usually less than a few hours. You (or you >>>son-in-law) should seriously consider a modem/router/firewall in one box >>>solution. 3Com and others make just such a unit. These will generally >>>have 4 or more ethernet ports, and can be cascaded like a regular >>>network hub, if you need to add ports. >>> >>>If you can't do the hardware solution above (usually about $400USD), you >>> > >Another choice is to pick up a good $20 computer (IIRC, you need at >least a 386, with 640kb of RAM and a 720 or better floppy -- no hard >drive, actually, I think the most recent versions of the software need a >1.2 or 1.44 mB floppy -- bloatware ;-), add two NICs that have packet >drivers available (NE1000s and 2000s work for sure), and download >IPRoute from the Internet, a $50 shareware package that runs on Dos. >That's what I do, although I'm using a dial up modem, so I have a modem >and one NIC. > >Visit http://www.mischler.com/iproute/ to start learning about iproute. >You can download a demo that will run for about an hour so you can try >it and make sure it will work for you before you buy it. I know that >there are quite a few resources on the Web to help with iproute, there >are tested configurations on various sites including Mischler's. I know >there are tested configuration files for at least some DSL and Cable >services, including RCN's (which is where I'd get my service once they >have two way cable modems available in my area). (I'm not positive that >IPRoute will work in a situation with one way cable modems.) > >I've used this setup for a lot of years, and it's been very reliable. >Did lose a NIC about two years ago, on two machines at the same time so >I presume it was due to a lightning strike / surge. > >Randy Kramer > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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