On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 15:56 +1300, Rik Tindall wrote: > Mostly the direction of the current late-thread points up a clear > conceptual and language gulf: > > 1. Newbie to Harvey Norman: "I want a PC (Internet appliance) to put > my > home network online." > > 2. Newbie to LUG: "I want a router/firewall box to put my home > network > (safely) online." > > The route from level 1 to level 2 is a lot more complicated and > involved > than we seem to be assuming onlist. Sufficient knowledge does not > exist > out there, in general
I beg to offer a different perspective. there is nothing inherently difficult with the following sequence: 1. insert two pci network card in an older box (it probably already has one) 2. download ipcop and burn an iso 3. print and read the instructions (a pdf file on 2) 4. insert 2 into 1 and boot, follow 3 I suspect you may be missing 3. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
