On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Simon wrote: > I apologise for having to send to the mailing list, but I am a bit of a > beginner and have searched the HOWTO's section and can't find what I need...
That is what the list is for. > I have an old P200 that is not being used anymore and wish to make it into a > my firewall gateway. I am trying to decide which LEAF to use. I have decided > on either Dachstein or Bering. The Dachstein site mentions the following ... > "To use my disk images, you need: > * A dedicated machine to run LRP, with 2 Ethernet cards and a floppy drive > * An xDSL, cable modem, or other standard Ethernet based internet connection > " > > It is the "2 Ethernet cards" that worry me. Does this mean that I cannot use > Dachstein (or Bering for that matter) if I have one ethernet card (RJ45) for > my local network and one PCI Dialup Modem for the Internet Connection. ??? There is a difference in level-of-effort between what LEAF can do and what specific images may be pre-configured to do. Charles was describing what his images are optimized for. > I do not currently have a xDSL modem or an "always-on" connection but may > have one in the future. Is there a LEAF branch that I can use with my POTS > dialup connection (modem) Dachstein can be configured to work with hardware modems on ppp connections. For a head start, visit http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/khadley/ppp.html > Also, how do I subscribe to the mailing list. I take it I cannot > access them in the same way as I access NNTP servers. Are the lists > entirely web (http) based. Not at all. Did you perhaps arrive at http://leaf.sourceforge.net/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=12&page_id=5 and fail to click on the name of the leaf-user list? > Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am a bit of a newbie when it > comes to Linux, LEAF and SourceForge Google regularly, read the SR FAQ (below), and ask specific questions, and you will do fine. > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
