On Friday November 17 2006 12:43 pm, J Sloan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In the spirit of chiming in without having anything useful to say... > > > > But why use a new, powerful computer for that? > > If you have other tasks for the computer, that really make > > use of it's power, you might encounter software problems > > or update issues that might take down that computer on > > occasion... during which time your routing function goes > > away for the entire building. > > I'm going to chime in and say it's a capital idea to run everything > through linux, since our house has been run that way since the mid > 1990s. If you've got nice powerful linux systems that are up 24/7, I > don't see the need for an extra little box to do just the routing. > > Joe
Me too! I advocate a dd-wrt (www.dd-wrt.com) powered wired/wireless firewall/router. Check the site for a list of compatible devices. dd-wrt turns these little devices into a Linux communication server. I advocate this before a dedicated PC due to lower money consumption, lower power consumption, adding another layer into the security mix and consolidation of those services such as DNS, DHCP, iptable firewall, etc that need to be there all the time. Its not SUSE Linux but it is Linux and it is familiar. Does a great job on Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS devices of almost all the different hardware versions. I don't even recommend learning all this on a big old PC when these devices will do the job. If your client has too much money, get a couple of the Linksys devices and play with connecting them into various wireless configurations to cover the mansion/estate. Stan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
