I'm a die hard slacker and you know that :-P
But I want to suggest using the DSL modem for internet routing (lesser power consumption, etc.) This is the most desirable solution if:
a) your DSL modem has NAT and DHCP built-in.
b) you are wary of high electric bills.
But if your DSL modem is dumb, then you can go ahead and make your slackbox the fw/router.
I'd suggest gShield. Fast and easy to configure. ANd it works. I have 30+ PCs connected to my (don't faint) Celeron 333 64MB RAM. Of course, running bare-bones slackware. :)
Here's the ascii setup:
---line from ISP - - - >[DSL Modem]- - ->[Switch]- - -8/16 ports- -> ALL PCs
if using slackbox:
--->line from ISP--->[DSLModem]--[eth0 slackbox eth1]--->[switch]-->clients
On 2/10/06, Eri Mendz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey thanks Mike things are getting back slowly now. I recall playing
with gShield before. You bet im gonna be visiting slugphils website.
User group ba to ng slackware users sa atin? Glad to know linux is
spreading and everywhere :-)
Actually im playing now with puppy linux. This baby is sure is fast
and im trying to check if it can play server too.
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On 2/10/06, Michael Balcos < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A Pentium 2 450 with 128 mb of ram will be very more than enough. I used to
> run Slackware 9 for routing on a Pentium classic (Pentium 233) with 32MB of
> RAM (and it didn't crawl. But I am now using monowall on it since it makes
> traffic shaping easy.). I've even met someone who is still running an old
> Linux distribution as a router on a 386 (I think he used ipfwadm to
> configure it. It may be old, but it works for him). If you want to easily
> use Slackware 10.1 for routing and firewalling, please visit
> http://slugphils.homelinux.org and go to the downloads section. Get gShield,
> a text file configured router.
>
> BTW, a Pentium 2 450 with 128mb of RAM can even be setup as a dedicated
> apache web server when used with Slackware.
>
>
> Eri Mendz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
> This is my fresh asking in this list after some time so hi to all :-).
>
> My home box is dual-boot slackware10.1/xp and a client in a dsl home
> network. I was asked by the owner of the server box (XP) to 'play' server
> as he's shipping his box home soon. Magandang tyempo ito para mapakita ko
> ang kakayahan ng Linux lalo na slackware. Sabi ko titingnan ko. With
> regards to the hardware connection and everything i think its just a matter
> of switching the ethernet cables in the hub (just guessing here). Ditto for
> the dsl modem. Ang problema ko pano e-reconfigure ang slackware para maka
> serve sa walong(8) pc's sa bahay. All the pc's are running xp/win2k with
> surfing, email, irc/ym chat as the major activities. So please tell/point
> me to the right direction, maybe a howto link or something. I have to dig
> and read up my slack archives too, as im a bit rusty now :-)
>
> I have a separate [old] pc i set aside and not used right now. I think
> it was running Arch Linux before i dismantled it. I dont know how good
> idea to use this as the server and leave alone my dual-boot box. Kasi
> ginagamit ito ng kakwarto ko playing broodwar/half-life games. Need your
> opinion [s] here. Its kinda old box PII 450 128 RAM. Upgrading this old box
> is not possible right now due to money matters. Anyway i appreciate the
> input[s] of the list. TIA.
>
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