Linux Router Project?

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2 total messages Started by Osman Ali Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00

#1959

Author: Osman Ali
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 00:00

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Hey,

I don't know much aout Linux but someone told me that i can make a router
out of my old 486 and use it around my network for connecting to the
outsidew world.  Has anyone heard of the Linux Router Project? (LRP) I have
seen some sites but don't know where to start.  Any insight?  Thanks,

Re: Linux Router Project?

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Author: Frederic Breitwieser
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 00:00

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http://www.linuxrouter.org

Its a fairly simple, easy to implement router/firewalling solution, that can
run on a single floppy.  More than likely you will discover that a 1.44mb
floppy is not large enough, and learn how to format 1.68mb floppies :)  You
can build your LRP through windows, dos, or Linux, so don't worry about
having Linux boxes around to make it work right.  Though, it is easier.

The advantage of LRP is that you can write protect the floppy, so if anyone
hacks your firewall/router, you can just reboot and change your password,
with no worries.  I used it for a while (2.9.4) until we opted to build a
redhat 6.0 box to replace it.  We needed to have ipchains, ipmasqadm, a
pppoe client, pppd, and some other items for logging and reporting, which
started to become difficult to cram into a single floppy.  The particular
486 we are using doesn't like specially formatted floppies, and replacing
the system board is not an option (its a 486PC, but part of an old Networth
6000 network switch)

Hope that helps.


"Osman Ali" <ali_000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ZsdE4.7816$OC2.216426@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com...
> Hey,
>
> I don't know much aout Linux but someone told me that i can make a router
> out of my old 486 and use it around my network for connecting to the
> outsidew world.  Has anyone heard of the Linux Router Project? (LRP) I
have
> seen some sites but don't know where to start.  Any insight?  Thanks,
>
>

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