[NTLUG:Discuss] OT- What DSL router do you recommend?

[Rick Matthews]

> And that begs the question...will what I HAVE work?

Absolutely! 

I can't even think straight when I have a headache, and I wouldn't 
think of trying to RMOR (roll my own router) in that condition.  But
the good news is that there are several flavors of "pre-rolled"
routers available.  Take a look at a few of these:

http://www.coyotelinux.com/
http://pigtail.net/LRP/
http://www.linuxrouter.org/
http://lrp.ramhb.co.nz/what.htm
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=linux+router

Even if you decide to do something else later, I'd recommend you start
with something like the first or second one listed.  They would get
you up and running in a minimum amount of time without a tremendous
learning curve.

You probably already have everything you need to give this a try, so
why not?  You'll find plenty of help here if you should need it.

Hope you start feeling better real soon!

Rick




> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at ntlug.org]On
> Behalf Of Wayne Dahl
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 8:18 PM
> To: NTLUG Discussion List
> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] OT- What DSL router do you recommend?
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 14:34, Rick Matthews wrote:
> > > What DSL router do you recommend?
> > 
> > I use an old piece of hardware out of the closet running a downloaded
> > copy of Linux.  I threw in two $10 nics, splurged on a $60 eight port
> > switch and I'm in high cotton.
> > 
> > My "old piece of hardware" was a 486/66 for a couple of years, and
> > it never broke a sweat while firewalling and masquerading for the
> > handful of simultaneous users that I could throw at it, and we 
> > were successfully saturating my DSL bandwidth. Don't try to run
> > X! :)
> > 
> > I later "moved up" to a newer "old piece of hardware" (P200) so that 
> > I could add some functionality to the box.
> > 
> > There were no inexpensive routers when I put this thing together,
> > so I didn't really have a lot of choices.  On the other hand,
> > One of my objectives was to learn and have hands-on experience
> > with Linux.
> > 
> > For what it's worth...
> > Rick
> 
> It's interesting that you mention this Rick.  I had been having thoughts
> about converting an old PC I have into a firewall because I have an
> inherent mistrust of NAT firewalls when it's possible that someone
> inside the private network (my wife) can and has downloaded virii on the
> M$ portion of the network.  The problem is, you never know what might
> get downloaded that might start sending from within your
> network...so...I'd thought about setting up something a little stronger
> and more reliable anyway.
> 
> And that begs the question...will what I HAVE work?  I have an old
> Compaq CDS-92 that is now a P120 with 56 Megs mem, CD-ROM with a total
> of 1.6 Gigs of HD space on it.  It was originally a Win 3.1 box when I
> bought it, promptly upgraded to Win 95 and now has RH 5.2 (I think)
> loaded on it.  I wiped the Microsnot stuff off it and wanted to play
> with Linux and had an old copy I'd gotten somewhere.  When I had
> problems getting the CD player to work after I got the sound working on
> it, the general consensus of the list was to upgrade to RH 7.2 which was
> out at the time, but was unacceptable for that box.  
> 
> Sooo...since it's already got RH 5.2 on it...and running X already, can
> I just blow away everything I don't need, and just leave the networking
> stuff on it?
> 
> Also, since I'm running RH 8.0 on this machine and I'm a Linux neophyte,
> what do I need to have running on the other machine to be able to
> administer it from this workstation?  I'd kind of like to leave that
> machine headless for the most part and do everything I need to on it
> from here.
> 
> It only has 1 nic card in it now...another one is cheap...cheaper than
> buying another DSL router.  But...the thing is like 6 years
> old...granted, I've never had ANY trouble with it, but the memory is
> almost that old...so are both the HD's in it.  It's probably due for
> some trouble.  A DSL modem would definitely be easier since it would be
> plug-and-play, but I should learn something in the process.  And I
> guess, worst come to worst, I could always go buy another router later
> if necessary.
> 
> Man, it's been a really bad month!  I've been fighting terrible
> headaches caused by shingles on my face and head, taking hydrocodone for
> them which turns me into a zombie and I'm trying to manage a small
> WAN/LAN here at home!  LOL...then the router dies...it's been real...but
> it hasn't been much fun.
> 
> Sorry for the bandwidth, but I *would* appreciate your opinion about
> using the other box as a router/firewall in place of the one that has
> just become a 10/100 BaseT hub.
> 
> Thanks again, 
> 
> Wayne
> 
> 
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