Re: Love and Hate


"Richard" (riplin@xxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
>> buying a Firewall Router.
>
> "buying" ???
>
> Use an old 486 or P100 box and install Freesco or Smoothwall Express.
> These can be headless (no monitor) after install as they are controlled
> from a browser.
>
> Freesco (http://freesco.org) needs 6-8 MByte of RAM on a 386/20 or more
> with a floppy to boot from, no hard disk required which makes it
> extremely reliable and quiet, but it can be loaded to HD if you want to
> use additional addons.
>
> Smoothwall Express (http://sourceforge.net/projects/smoothwall/)
> requires a 486, 16Mb, 400Mb HD.
>
> Both need 2 or 3 Network cards (or NIC and external modem) which are a
> few dollars each but otherwise will recycle machines that otherwise get
> junked even though they work.

I found a new D-LINK firewall router for under CDN $50, so why bother
going to so much trouble?
.