[NTLUG:Discuss] Sanity check on running a linux box as a router

[Kelly Scroggins]

Check out the LRP (Linux Router Project).  I'm in process of building a
couple of these so I'm not an expert or a guru.

But supposedly you can run this whittled down Linux kernel as a
router/firewall/masq box from only a floppy.  The hardware requirements are
a 486 and about 8 to 16 megs of RAM.

There's even a email list for the subject.

Here's the URL:
http://www.linuxrouter.org/

Kelly

Alton Pouncey wrote:

> I am thinking of just setting up a linux box as a router than get a
> device from Netgear, Ascend, Cisco, etc.  What I need a sanity check on
> is this:  If I do run a linux box as a router, don't I need two NICs -
> one for incoming/outgoing traffic (WAN side) and then one for the routed
> traffic (LAN side) of the box.
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Alton Pouncey
>
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