On Sun, January 23, 2005 5:46 pm, Nick Rout said: > 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. >
This looks like a good intro too :-) http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml > > -- > Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
