You might want to take a look at IPCOP .. ie.
www.ipcop.org. It's now based on Kernel2.4 with
iptables, and does a real nice job fitting all the
router functions and more onto a P1 and below machine.
I have the same setup ... Inet -> router -> int net
and a second intternal network for the servers.
Have fun with it.
Rob
--- Levi Bard <levi@bard.sytes.net> wrote:
> > Okay so I'm finally getting Verizon DSL, and I
> need help setting up a
> > network. This is what I want to do:
> > DSL --> red hat 9 firewall/router --> ethernet hub
> --> 2 or three
> > computers
> >
> > What do I need to install/configure to make the
> red hat 9
> > firewall/router, and can I use an old 486DX
> (50Mhz) box, or should I use
> > a more modern box?
> >
> > Also I know I could just use smoothwall or go get
> a linksys router. but
> > i wanna learn how this stuff works.
> >
> > Any info is very much appreciated
>
> Your 486 will work fine, as long as you don't
> install the GUI, or at least
> not a GNOME/KDE GUI. That is almost identical to my
> network setup, and I
> had for a long time a 486SX/25 as my router. Redhat
> 9 comes with all
> sorts of GUI tools for administering your routing
> rules, but IMHO the best
> way to do it is to handwrite an iptables script.
> The syntax isn't
> difficult, there's a good howto at
> http://www.linuxguruz.com/iptables/howto/ , and you
> shouldn't have many
> rules to keep straight unless you're running a very
> complex network.
> Additionally, I can give you a simplified copy of my
> iptables script if
> you'd like.
>
> Levi
>
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