Hardware Firewall

[gygheyzeus]

I have an old Cyrix 266, 64MB of RAM, 1GB (approx) hard drive... basically a cheap bare-bones system.

I already share my cable connection between two computers (my 1.33Ghz Athlon and my 566Mhz PIII), I have a 3com hub.

What I'm wondering is how hard it would be to install a firewall on it. I've also got two decent network cards for it.

I'm new to the whole *nix thing, so I need help!

I appreciate it, thanks!

 

[beatniks3]

if you want to do bsd check out hareware firewire guide. haven't tried it yet but plan to.

 

[John]

All you need is a single port Netgear, Linksys, Dlink, etc. hardware firewall then. You can pick one up for about 80.00

 

[JackMDS]

>>>What is ClarkConnect?

With a lot of help from Linux open-source software and a little help from ClarkConnect, you can recycle a tired old computer into an Internet gateway. <<<

http://www.clarkconnect.org/

 

[gygheyzeus]

John, I'm not putting any money into it. I've already got a working (old) computer, two network cards for it, and all the cable I need.

I'll try the one that beatniks suggested. thanks guys.

 

[lowtech1]

OpenBSD + IPtables/IPchains is the best firewall router that you can get.
Ann easyer way and almost as secure is to use any Easy to install Linux & Mooth Wall with web base administration.

Linux kernel 2.2.4 based stripped down distribution
Ethernet and dial up ISP support
ipchains based firewall
DHCP client and server
IP masquerading (NAT)
Hardware required: 40 Mb hardisk, 8 Mb ram, 486-33 or better