On Sun, 2007-07-15 at 12:44 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote:
Message: 10 Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:44:52 -0400 From: Walt Reed centos@linuxguy.com
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If you have one that doesn't, a cheap Linksys "router" can do
the NAT and PPPoE for you if you don't fee comfortable doing it in Linux.
Walt in our former home, we had Cable Modem access for 3+ years and I used a Linksys Router/Switch there. We live in South America, so I'd need to have one shipped from the states. I think I can get it going, with IPCop or Devil-Linux.
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I downloaded the latest versions of Devil-Linux and IPCop this morning. They both have things I like. Devil-Linux does not require a hard drive and runs off a CD-ROM and a write protected floppy, which for security, I think is better. IPCop has much more documentation, can run headless and has some other things I like. I think I will try IPCop first.
I've been using IPCop several years now on a cable setup in the boonies (few users, low sharing of bandwidth, great throughput). Since version 4.10, I've not one complaint about it. On an old Aptiva real 486DX/66MHz with ISA cards, appx. 400KB/sec. A 100MHz AMD x586 (486DX equiv on a 386 main board, appx, 470-500MB/sec using the same ISA cards. My current Pentium 200MHz with PCI RTL 81390-based el cheapo NICs has seen as high as 700KB/sec from really good sites on downloads.
Biggest boon, IMO: LFS based. Source is available and you can tweak, modify, contribute as you desire.
No experience (lack of need/desire) with Devil-Linux.
Good luck on your new setup.
Thanks much for your input! Lanny
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-- Bill