Hi,

I have a standard P75 box with 24mb of ram and a 800mb hdd

What i want to do is use this as a router for my 2 other PC's.. so it goes from Cable Modem -> P75 router -> to a hub with my 2 PC's connected to

I also want to run an irc bouncer on this server but thats it. I can't run and don't need a full distrobution like red hat or mandrake on it.

i want something similar to windows ics in a sense.. i don't need/want port mapping and other things.. well i mean let it do it itself

The network cards i have in are Netgear FA311. I have found suitable linux modules (natsemi.o) and have tried a few single floppy linux distrobutions (freesco and coyote linux) but to no avail

If i'm talking a load of crap and it can't be done very simply then please tell me

thanks for any help you can give me



llyama

Welcome to LQ llyama.

Smoothwall, Mandrake Single Network Firewall, etc, etc...The list could go on, but those two seem to be the most popular.

Ibiblio has a fairly comprehensive list of Linux distros, just have a browse around and take a peek.

I haven't tried setting up a Smoothwall, but I have used Mandy SNF and it's quite easy. Once you've set it up, all the configuration can be done over the network (by access something like https://firewallserver:8082, or whatever), so you won't even need to have a keyboard, mouse or monitor for it once it's done.

Have fun.

Smoothwall setup is dead easy.

How much space does smoothwall use up after install? I know the CD is around 26MB.