--- "Peter S." <ter450@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Good thread. I have worked with several solutions in the past. Using a
> 486, I ran Coyote for about a year. Cool distro, runs off of a floppy. I
> also took out the HD and the fan for a more quiet operation. Then you can
> telnet into it (or SSH) to manage from with in the LAN. Not much use for it
> when it comes to more complex stuff. Mimimal support for VPN. The guy that
> turned out Coyote is now working on "Wolverine". More robust, but requires
> better hardware. Minimum of Pentium with HD or bootable CD ROM (to load in
> to RAM).
>
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I was thinking about this idea at the start, but I am the only user. I am setting up a network at
my house so that I can learn this stuff. I really would like a job that deals with networking. I
thought that if I have a home network with several different things in it, I would have practice
for the job.
Where can I find the "wolverine"? I think that I have the hardware for it.
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> Linksys products are good for home networks. Allows for some
> portforwarding, MAC spoofing (for those annoying DOCIS compliant modems that
> RR turns out), limited VPN and DMZ stuff (along with some of the other
> things mentioned). I would suggest that, if you have not already committed
> to a wireless router/access point, keep your products seperate. The routers
> and wireless access points have been changing so much in the market, that
> one other other becomes obsolete with in a year.... they still work fine,
> but new products are constantly getting marketed so quickly, that the
> hardware is rapidly become "old stuff". Wireless security has grown by
> leaps and bounds. My main concern with it now is bandwidth. I don't want a
> neighbor "leaching" off of my bandwidth, when I download my 500meg files.
> I would love to get a wireless access point, but don't want to drop that
> initial investment for the one with the decent encription... and 72meg
> speed, along with NICs on 6-8 computers.
>
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What is DMZ?
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> I did alot of research on what exactly I wanted, about 2 years ago, and
> ended up with a $70 Actron router... not that I highly recommend it, but has
> some cool subneting, DMZ features. I might play around with the "Wolverine"
> router next, just to get more familiar with the command line features that
> it has. If you have a little money to play with... look for a Cisco PIX
> 501. These have lots of features, DMZ, port forwarding, robust VPN, IDS
> (intrusion detection), "stateful packet filtering" (let's you "wade" through
> you logs). You can get one off of E-bay, sometimes, for about $340... they
> run new at about $450. I use one at work (a PIX 515). We use this for a
> LAN with about 100 user and have an internet presense with about 6 servers
> on our DMZ (one at work cost a bit more... $6000). The PIX 515 and the 501
> have pretty much all of the same abilities, with the exception of the number
> of clients and the 501 does not have any "fail over" features.
>
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The Cisco PIX 501 or 515 would be great if I had the money for it.
William
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