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In article <Xns9466D1F58E50s6re5mm4ap3s2Uk1cu0f@68.1.17.6>,
Bob  <flames2devnull@cox.net> wrote:

>> I'm looking at setting up an old (PII) machine as a firewall for my home
>> network (cable modem and wireless hub).  I've got one Linux PC, one
>> Windows XP PC, and a dual-boot WindowsXP/Linux machine.  The Linux PC is
>> the PII and it will be sacrificed to the need for a firewall.  It has a
>> 10 gig hd in it right now, but I have a 4 gig I could use if 10 gig is
>> overkill.  The firewall I'm looking at requires only 2 gig...
>> 
>> I'm interested in what you use and would suggest for a set-up like mine.
>> ~ I am most interested in a product (GPL) called SmoothWall Express
>> (http://www.smoothwall.org), so if you have tried it, or looked into in
>> and rejected it, I'd like to know more about your experience with it.
>> Other than reading their manuals online, I haven't invested much in
>> SmoothWall, so if you have other suggestions, please share them.
>
>I'm using GPL version 1.0 and recommend it ... haven't updated to Express 
>yet.  I'll eventually play around using a spare hard drive.
>
>Meanwhile, 2 GB is plenty ... 4 GB gives you more room for log files.

I'd suggest IPCop, at www.ipcop.org.  It started out as a fork of the
Smoothwall project by people who were fed up with the jerky antics of
Smoothwall maintainer Richard Morrell, but is well beyond that now (Google
around for the details).  I've been using it for some time under a
tri-homed setup at home and have implemented it elsewhere as well.  Go
with the 4GB, 10GB is definately overkill, and 4GB will let you really
spool out your logs and play with the included proxy cache server (Squid).  
Heck, even a PII is overkill really, maybe you can fish a Pentium I out of
the trash somewhere.  For a home setup, I'd say 200MHZ is plenty of speed.  
RAM is more important, especially if you flip on all the bells.

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