Paul mentioned earlier the consideration of hard disk space when loading
a distribution. With respect to this and firewalls and routers, I use a
very slim distribution called Coyote (http://www.coyotelinux.com). If
any of you just have a 386/486 with 8 or 16MB of RAM and a *floppy* disk
drive and two NICs, we've got a router, so bring em on!
I actually talk to my Coyote box with my Palm Pilot! (no video card)
Mario
Paul M Foster wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 12:07:27PM -0500, Derek Glidden wrote:
>
><snip>
>
>>Paul,
>>What about bringing them, and any available parts, to the next SLUG
>>meeting(s) where members can help build them out and install them, and
>>then look around for schools, child care facilities, preschools,
>>whatever, who might be in the need for a simple firewall type setup for
>>dialup or cable modem services so their school can have internet feed?
>>
>>My wife works at a very small private school where they all try to dial
>>out using AOL for internet access in the classrooms and it really
>>sucks. I've tried to convince them to get roadrunner and I can drop
>>something like the above in for them where they can all share the same
>>network, but the money's just too tight. Other small private school
>>type things may be able to go for it if they had a way to share the
>>network connection so they didn't feel like they had to buy service for
>>each PC.
>>
>>Just an idea.
>>
>
>Absolutely. A Linux router/gateway is a great use for a 486 class box,
>and obviates the need for AOL (gawd!). Anyone who wants a machine for
>that purpose, great. I'll bring what I have. Someone might want to bring
>assorted parts as well (like SIMMs, modems, etc.). Like, the machines I
>have have no power cables.
>
>Paul
>
>
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