PC router distro?
I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
You could try coyote linux (floppy based) or ipcop (hd based) On 10/17/07, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 02:28:27PM +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. There are several such things. I did not really try any of them myself, only looked for one for a friend, and one of the more promising ones was ipcop. It's rather large, with quite many plugins/packages, all should be managed with a web interface. Another one that I liked was m0n0wall, which isn't linux but FreeBSD, with userland being entirely written in php (no init/sh/etc) and a single configuration file you can easily backup/restore. Google a bit for these and you'll also find other such projects. An even larger project, which is supposed to be more-or-less a general-purpose server but still with a simple web interface is ebox. Seems quite interesting, but its version number is 0.9.something, which means it might not be ready yet (although being 1.something doesn't always mean the opposite). As I said, I did not try any of them. -- Didi = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
How about using OpenBSD for this purpose? Is there an OpenBSD based distribution suitable for working as a router? On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 14:28 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. -- MS-Windows is the Pal-Kal of the PC world. My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
How about shorewall/shoreline? http://www.shorewall.net/ I looked into this a few months ago, and realized that it was easier for me to set up a CentOS box with webmin's IPtables module. On 10/17/07, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
yes - pfsense - marc = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
1/2 yes - pfsense (based on freebsd) - marc - Omer Zak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about using OpenBSD for this purpose? Is there an OpenBSD based distribution suitable for working as a router? -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic Swiftouch, LTD [EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
You could try coyote linux (floppy based) or ipcop (hd based) Adi On 17/10/2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PC router distro?
there's also http://www.freesco.org/ On 10/17/07, Adi Eyal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could try coyote linux (floppy based) or ipcop (hd based) Adi On 17/10/2007, Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I there any distro of Linux specifically to turn a PC into a router? What I am looking for is something that runs on a PC, either from a floppy, hard drive, USB memory stick, etc, that turns a PC into a full function router. Similar in function to the SVEASoft package or Tomato for the Linksys routers. The person who would be using it is not technically able to run or configure a Linux system as a router. they could only do it if it has a web interface, and then they would need some coaching. They have an aDSL line if it matters and currently use a Windows XP dialer. The choice of a PC is that they have several PIII class computers sitting around and no money for a router. Thanks in advance, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog at http://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
