Re: OT: W2k ICS vs. Linux masquerading

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart@xxxxxxx>]

> By comparison, at home I have finally got a Linux box up and running,
> again with ISDN, on the same ISP, on an old P-200 overdrive machine,
with
> a 1Gb HDD - getting Linux installed wasn't too tricky - getting a old
SMC
> network card and a modern Eicon PCI ISDN card to co-exist was harder
> (like - my wife had to do that bit, since I couldn't). Getting
IPCHAINS
> working was easy, once I'd found the right "dummies" HOWTO.

wayhay! another convert. Could you let me know what HOWTO you picked? I
have my firewall done with a wizard, and I don't feel I fully understand
what it's done. I have a vague idea, but I wouldn't be confident in being
to re-create it without the help of the wizard.

> In practice, I'm finding that the Linux one appears more reliable, and
is
> doing Dial-on-Demand properly. However, it was a much longer job to
get
> installed and working.

Try and remember when you first installed NT (I presume you used that
before 2000), how long was it till you got that up and running the way you
wanted it? Next time you install Linux, you'll do it quicker, and quicker
still the time after that, it's the same with anything really though isn't
it.

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