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Justin,
You will mainly find installation takes longer
& admin changes due to the perl scripting but once up it will probably
perform reasonably well. I have used it on as low as P75 16 meg
RAM.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002
10:18
AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Linux Router
Was OT: Kodak offer line constantly engaged :)
Quoting kamilner <kamilner@xxxxxxx>:
> --- In
ukha_d@xxxxxxx..., "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx...> wrote:
>
> RE:
[ukha_d] Linux Router Was OT: Kodak offer line constantly
> engaged
:)I'll
> > see what I end up doing with ADSL routers / modems
before
I go down
> this
> > route - never used Linux before, just
exploring the
> possibilities. I have
> > an
old
120Mhz machine in a cupboard but think it's a bit flaky.
>
Thanks.
> >
> > Most ADSL modems present a
USB
port. Make sure that (a) your
> version of
> > Linux
supports USB and (b) that you can get Linux drivers for the
>
modem. Of
> > course, with Ethernet presentation, you will
need
two NICS to go
> down the
> > firewall route.
>
>
I recommend having a look at Smoothwall
>
> http://www.smoothwall.org
>
> regards,
>
> Keith
I have dabbled with Linux
in
the past, SUSE, Mandrake, Red Hat; I never got on
very well with any of
them and gave up.
Last week I downloaded SME 5.1.2 (was e-smith) thanks
to
a mention on this
list. All I can say is, it is superb!! Currently it
is
running on a P133 with
24Mb RAM. The web server is a bit slow (most of
the
setup is done through a
browser interface), but in general it works
very
well.
I have learned loads since I started using it (still have many,
many
Linux
questions though!)
The main reason I downloaded it was because
of
the IMAP mail support, I now
have one centralised mail system which can
be
accessed from anywhere, including
webmail.
When I feel more
comfortable with this Linux disto I will be using it as my
router +
mail,
web, ftp & file server (on a higher spec machine though!).
Not
sure
about support for USB ADSL modem.
Justin.
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