Using an old computer as an ICS host

[alexXx]

Well thanks to the person in this thread, I figured out that since i dont have a router(only a switch) i still need a computer to share the internet with the rest of my network.

My question is, i have an old Pentium 200mhz (72mb ram) computer sitting here at home collecting dust, and I want to know if it is possible to get it to share the internet with the rest of my network. I don't think windowsxp will run on this computer so is there anything else i can run on it, like linux?

Also, is this 200mhz computer going to be fast enough to serve as an internet gateway for my network?
thanks

 

[JackMDS]

May be, not sure about min. Hardware.

Link to: www.smoothwall.org

Or use Win98se.

 

[Monoman]

Originally posted by: JackMDS
www.smoothwall.org

 

[alexXx]

thank you SO much. That linux distro looks like it is EXACTLY what i want and will run on my old machine. I will give it a try.
Have a great day.

 

[JJHayesIII]

FWIW, i ran Win98SE on a 486 way back when as a strictly ICS machine, worked excellent, surprisingly stable, easy to set up... let us know how the smoothwall install goes for you...i might be interested in switching over