On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Benjamin Bradley wrote: > Hi, I'm about to (hopefully) set up a LAN between the (4-5) computers in > my house and would like to share a cable modem connection between them. > We're thinking of setting up an older computer to be a dedicated gateway > system. My question is: how fast does this gateway need to be? It seems
Well, unless you want the full Win2000 server with firewall, portforwarding & all, a fast 486DX with 16M is more than fast enough. I like a box with PCI for the NICs, but that's not even necessary. http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw By no means the only floppy-based firewall distro, but my personal fave. See ya, Doc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
