William L. Maltby wrote: > On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 09:33 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > >> Peter Farrell wrote: >> >>> "Problem is I want a REAL router/firewall with little work." >>> >>> Run a smoothwall installtion and replace your CentOS install. >>> >>> http://www.smoothwall.org/ >>> >>> >> well first challenge is my unit's USB ethernet dongles. Centos uses the >> RTL 8150 driver for them. Smoothwall only lists the RTL 8129, 8139, and >> 8169... >> > > I've used this at home for years. I don't know if it's suitable, but it > seems *very* flexible. Allows for NAT or not, has typical zones, > reporting, IPTables modification support, ... > > http://www.ipcop.org/ > > Has run/tested successfully on various configurations here. It's another > "ditch your CentOS" solution though. But you can put it on any old junk > laying around and it'ss probably work. Using cable modem in the boonies, > 486DX/66 gives about 450KB/sec, Pentium 200MHz pci gives <= 700MB/sec - > both from decent sites. Tested using both ISA and PCI bus adapters > through both twisted pair and thin coax. As I thought about things this morning, trying to put up smoothwall, I realized that one of my goals is to have a tool to turn a Centos system that I am using for foo, into a firewall for bar for a day. I have Astaro for my serious firewall needs (see later post), but need something 'portable'. You see I have these plans with some small itx systems....