[NTLUG:Discuss] linux router recommadation

[Val Harris]

m m wrote:
> All: 
> 
> I have a extra box and I like to use it as a router.
>
> 1. Any one recommand a good one?
> 
> The link below list a bunch linux based router, but whick one will most popular or "better"?
> 
> The "better" here mean most people used it and more features.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_router_or_firewall_distributions
> 
>
> 2. How ipcop can detect the dynamic IP?
> 
> I have tried the ipcop. It is never able to dect my TimeWanner cable's dynamic IP.
> 
> my seting on ipcop is green+red, green is ok, red is never able to get IP from cable modem.
> 
> Do I need manu assign for it?
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  ...
> 

I've been using IPcop for almost 6 years.  I highly recommend it.  I've 
set up my config so that my red interface uses DHCP to request its IP 
from Verizon's router.  My IPcop firewall doesn't need to know my 
dynamic IP on the net, Verizon's router proxies my internet connections. 
  If I really need to know my IP at any particular moment, I can go to 
http://whatismyip.com/ and it'll tell me what it is.  I would assume 
that TimeWarner's equipment works pretty much the same way.  (Of course, 
I've been wrong once or twice, in the past ... :-)

I hope this helps,
-- 
Val W. Harris                        valwharris at verizon.net

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