If you want to use Linux as a standalone firewall and router, then try IPCop <a href="http://ipcop.org/">http://ipcop.org/</a><br><br>It's been a few years since I last used it, but it used to be my primary router/firewall for about a year, before I opted for a lower power Netscreen device.<br>
<br>It has a fairly simple web interface for administration, so very little Linux knowledge required. It also supports wifi.<br><br>Dan E<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2011 21:47, Mike Evans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@tandem.f9.co.uk">mike@tandem.f9.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 30/07/11 18:46, Peter Childs wrote:<br>
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Thinking further on this subject of using Linux for switching, what's to<br>
stop someone taking, a an old PC and using Linux to turn it into a full<br>
multiport Ethernet switch router able to route, switch monitor in a<br>
modifiable fasion, and still be reality cheap?<br>
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Nothing at all. In fact it is the first project in the "Linux Networking Cookbook" by Carla Schroder, published by O'Reilly.<br><font color="#888888">
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