On Thursday, October 18, 2001, at 05:34 pm, Randy Beaudreault wrote:
>> You could always take up our example. Get a cheap PC (a Pentium MMX
>> would do) with a 3-4GB hard disk. Learn some Unix (It'll come in handy
>> in OS X in the future anyway) and install a good, recent Linux distro
>> on
>> it. The plug an ADSL modem into it and it into a normal switch. Using
>> IP
>> Masquerading you can share the connection across a network without the
>> ISP knowing about it. It works for us for phone line access and should
>> work for ADSL (we hope!!) but is a touch more involved than a router.
>> Just an idea :).
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark Benson
>
> Why use a PC when a 68k Mac will do it just as well and you can stay
> with Macs? Or use an early model PCI PowerMac? I'm running my home
> network behind a IIci running NetBSD as a firewall/router with my
> ADSL connection. NetBSD comes with IP Filter which has IPNAT so you
> can route and firewall in one package.
You could. In fact as a router a little SE or LC would be golden (an
LC475 sized Mac would be great IMHO as it's really small and low
profile :) ). I think you have a very valid point :)
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