MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > so i pulled this old 486-33 machine out of the basement, it's got 8Mb > RAM, a shitty graphics card, and 240Mb of HDD space. it's ISA only, > but i want to try using an AVM FritzCard and a cheap NE2000 compatible > to make it be a masquerading router. it's probably going to fail, but > i want to try anyway.
There is no reason for it to fail. I have a similar machine (but then without a hard disk) running as masquerading router, between broadcast networking cable and a few other computers. I think the easiest way to do this, is to find a "linux-on-a-flop" system. see e.g. the (Debian-based) Linux router project (lrp.c0wz.com). In such a system, the complete operating system is downloaded from a floppy onto a ram-disk in main memory (and yet no more than 8 megabyte memory is needed in the computer). So, if someone hacks into your router, you can reboot the machine, and everything has been undone. Site http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Mini_Distributions/ provides a list of mini-linux distributions that are suitable for running on old, small computers. Good luck, Paul Huygen
