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chriscl · 15-01-2004, 07:39

just a two-pence-worth....

If you are struggling with a router, dig out that old 486 from your loft, stick a couple of cheap network cards in it, throw linux on it (*free*) and you have a simple, inexpensive router that hardly ever needs rebooting, and once set up, stays set up!

There are even specific linux distributions that are designed to be combination routers/firewalls and little else - for example, smoothwall and IPCop.

Works for me!

15-01-2004, 07:39	#19
chriscl Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Carlton-Nottingham Posts: 47	Re: networking question/routers just a two-pence-worth.... If you are struggling with a router, dig out that old 486 from your loft, stick a couple of cheap network cards in it, throw linux on it (free) and you have a simple, inexpensive router that hardly ever needs rebooting, and once set up, stays set up! There are even specific linux distributions that are designed to be combination routers/firewalls and little else - for example, smoothwall and IPCop. Works for me!