How can I turn an old pent 133 lan server
I have an old Pentium 133 mhz, i would like to turn into a local area network server (if that makes since) i.e. connect dsl to that computer-> p 133 acts as firewall, router, etc. -> connect 1 windows xp comp, 1 linux comp, 1 linux/windows comp. And have linux as the networking software in the pent 133. If that doesn't make since, sorry i'm new to networking and linux.
pent 1.6 windows / internet -- pent 133 linux -- celeron 1.5 windows/linux \ amd k6-2 linux :jawa: |
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..........................................pent 1.6 ghz windows ....................................... / internet -- pent 133 linux -- celeron 1.5 ghz windows/linux ........................................\ ..........................................amd k6-2 500 mhz linux |
in order to act an internet gateway.... you need only configure IPmasq rules for the Iptables firewall.
Search these forums for specific instructions on setting up IPmasq, as I am sure that question has been answered here many times. -KevinJ |
I have a small home network, and until recently I had a Linux router/firewall/FTP and File server running on an old Pentium 100mhz with 64mb RAM.
The Linux distro is SME Server 5.x and you can download it for free from www.e-smith.org It is a cut down version of RedHat and is configured for security and ease of use. I had no experience with Linux and setting this up on a cable modem connection was easy and within a short time it was showing in Windows as a shared drive. Maybe this will be good for you. |
FreeSco www.freesco.org does a nice job for my little home-network. (cable-internet).
Don't know how good they are with ADSL. PII 200MHz 300Mb harddisk. Just did a harddisk install. A feature nowhere mentioned, but proven in practice for me: To shut the Freesco-computer down, I do not run the in Linux usual 'halt' or 'shutdown -h now' command, but just switch the mains off. As this is umsdos linux, running in RAM, this does not hurt here. and is very comfortable. |
I'm using what they have at BBIagent.net. The entire router software fits on a floppy. It has a wide selection of network cards that you can use. It has a web interface to configure the settings (port forwarding, dhcp, etc.). I've been using it with my cable modem for the last 5 months. I've only had to restart it once, and that after a power outage. Nice thing is, with not using the hardrive it's pretty robust on such occasions.
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I just used a mininal install of redhat to get the core kernel and then wrote an iptables firewall/routing script to allow myself to have multiple computers behind the system online. There are quite a few scripts on this site here. I personally found one that I reworked to fit my needs in the security forum. I found that once I learned how to use iptables that I could configure my router to my exact requirements. I have used freesco before and it isn't too bad but I didn't feel I could control everything that went on with the network itself. You can get away with about a 400-500mb install for this kind of system. You can also setup a DHCP server which in my opinion simplifies things. Once you have this system setup you can use Putty or some other ssh program to edit your system from remote.
Goodluck |
I don't think it was specifically said, but typically, I would suggest not having your lan server and gateway running on the same computer. If your files aren't too important than I don't see too much of an issue here as long as your firewall rules are setup correctly. It will work fine, but the performance of anything more than a router on a 133 may be rather slow.
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