Sorry, should have said - we want to dial into the box, no outward dialing capabilities needed, but it would be nice to have the option.
-----Original Message----- From: Howard Lowndes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 12:41 PM To: Ciaran Finnegan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux (or other) Dial-up Router Are you going to be dialling in or are they going to be dialling out, or both. Anyway you look at it, I would have to say that a Linux box _WITH_WELL_DESIGNED_FIREWALLING_ has to be the way to go. At least you know what it is doing; with many "black boxes" you don't have a clue what does, or does not go on. On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Ciaran Finnegan wrote: > I�m looking for a �dial-up router� to put on customer networks for > support purposes. > > I�m in two minds as to whether I�d prefer a low spec. PC or some sort of > �black box� for a number of reasons. > > 1/ Black Box, is liable to be more reliable than a PC. > 2/ Network Managers seem to get less excited when you put a > hardware device on their networks than they do if you suggest using an > old 486. > 3/ Low Spec. PC would be cheaper and probably more versatile. > > Has anyone come across anything like this, I�m particularly interested > in linux distro�s that would be suitable for running on low spec. PC�s. > > Oh, and it has to be cheap as well. > > Thanks. > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com "We are either doing something, or we are not. 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
