Recent content by cyjo

well ive opted for an install of debian with minimal services installed, so i can run a cs server as well ;P so i set up my 486 to obtain a dhcp address for my cable ent, set up ip forwading, and give my other nodes static ip's and all should be well?

thanks mate, just a few questions lrp has no firewalling? so i would have to give them static ip's behind the router (comp) then? do i need a hub if my 486 has 2 nics? i dont want to buy a hub...

fair enough, only thing is i was tolf by the techie to plug my cable modem into a router, and the lrp features as a router doesnt it? if i install debian on the machine how should it be set up?

i have an old 486, and i have my athlon machine and my mums work machine, im running cable, i want to set up my 486 as a router, i was going to use the linux router project, but i have a few questions, is it a firewall? will it allocate ip address for my other 2 machines? is it fast? does it...

hi all. just wondering what are thebenifits of *BSD as opposed to debian. for an example what are the benifits of using openbsd over debian, and what are some disadvantages? is bsd techniccly superior to linux overall, not in any specific area? i would of thought debian and linux in general is...