[SC.LUG] welcome

[Tim Littlemore]

On Thursday 15 Apr 2004 10:22 am, Greg Bolshaw wrote:
> On Thursday 15 Apr 2004 09:52, Tim Littlemore wrote:
> > I also have a Mandrake box
> > that I use as a Firewall/Router at home - it was a long drawn-out
> > affair getting my USB Alcatel SpeedTouch modem working, but I got
> > there in the end!
>
> Smoothwall! http://www.smoothwall.org/ - it's a 40ish-meg download, and
> turns any old PC with network card and USB "frog" into a top-class
> router/firewall/webcache etc.
>
> Well worth a look.

Well my trusty old firewall is starting to show signs of harddrive failure 
(sometimes it just won't spin up) so I had been wondering about using 
SmoothWall if I replaced the drive. I wasn't sure about compatibility with 
the 'frogs' though, so thanks for the info.

Cheers,
Tim