Re: [Nolug] Using RH9 as a router and nat firewall

Dave Prentice wrote:
> Somebody may want to correct me on this, but I've heard that it's not
> a good idea to use your main machine as the firewall/router. It's
> really easy to take an old 486 and set it up as a router using
> freesco. It is easily able to handle the packet transmission speed of
> cable or DSL.
> Dave Prentice
> prentice@instruction.com
> http://www.originsresource.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Biouxtai <biouxtai@650dialup.com>
> To: nolug@joeykelly.net <nolug@joeykelly.net>
> Date: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:04 PM
> Subject: [Nolug] Using RH9 as a router and nat firewall
>
>
>
>>I will be getting cable internet at my home in the near future, and I
>>was looking for information on how/what to set up to enable my rh9
>>server to act as a firewall and router. I have already installed 2
>>nic's and would like to put a modem in it to run some simple routing
>
> tests.
>
>>Can anyone either point me to where to look, email me some useful
>>instruction, and/or post it so we all can enjoy?
>>
>>Ron, I think you mentioned that you were doing something like this a
>>while ago using mandrake?

I really don't have anything important on it, it's just a practice
machine to try new things on. My other two machines are the ones I work
on mostly. Setting this one up as my firewall and router shouldn't be a
problem.

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