[Wolves] NAT

[Jono Bacon]

David Goodwin wrote:
> 
>> If all else fails, i need to go out and bnuy a cheap ADSL router which
>> can perform NAT, again any idea??
> 
> 
> a P4 is overkill for a router... perhaps it would be better used 
> elsehwere (e.g. as a file server/webserver/network monitoring station 
> etc (see nagios)).

If you want something up and running easily. Head over to a computer 
fair and pick up a cheap and old P1 or PII (or even a 486) for about 20 
quid and install Smoothwall on it. Make sure you have a couple of 
network cards in there (one for the cable modem, one for the network and 
another if you want a public facing mail/web server).

Smoothwall is the way and you don't need a degree in networking to 
understand it.

	Jono

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