[Wolves] Re: Wolves Digest, Vol 89, Issue 4

roundyz roundyz at hotpop.com
Wed Jun 1 17:52:37 BST 2005


On Wednesday 01 Jun 2005 00:42, wolves-request at mailman.lug.org.uk wrote:
> An excellent decision. I haven't checked back, but yes you need an
> Ethernet hub or switch (if you have only UTP on your NIC) and a second
> NIC in the PC. Check they are supported.
>
> If you really mean "old pc" then check the Smoothwall minimum spec. It
> was too high for the kit I intend to use. Have a look at OpenBSD if that
> is the case. The manual is excellent but I still haven't tried it yet.
> Last time I said this I think Sparkes said a raw Debian server is a good
> bet too, if you want to stick to Linux only.

failing the min specs try firestarter. it will setup a dhcp server with closed 
ip addys for you with routing and firewall. I think if you can run X you can 
run this. I use it anyway...




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