IPCop is my choice. ( www.ipcop.org ). Very easy installation an setup. Kernel 2.4.25 though. Haven't found anything for 2.6. The developers are evaluating it for future versions. I evaluated Freesco, FloppyFW,Bering and others. Other solutions will not run on my p233, 48mb, 2gb disk. I'm fighting multipath with load balancing to combine my cable+adsl. There some issues on 2.4 and integrating it with IPCop but their distro supports all patches. ____________________________________________ Moish
<quote who="Oded Arbel"> > > Hi List. > > I need to choose a linux distro for a firewall router box. I hope someone > can > share some success stories and recommend some stuff. I've previously used > Mandrake's SNF and I found it easy and enjoyable but its pretty old now > and I > found the hard way that NAAT (the web frontend for SNF) doesn't respond > well > to people updating its underlying operating system. > > The features I wish for in decending importance: > - Need to run on low end hardware. currently the target system is a P133 > with > some 32MB memory. > - Easy installation and easy out-of-the-box setup of Internet connection > for > cable. I got used to Mandrake's DrakConnect type of installation: Next, > Next, > Finish. > - Web front end to manage most if not all functions of the system. must > include basic firewall setup. webmin isn't good enough - I want something > integrated. > - upgradable. something with a history of frequent updates - emphasis on > "history" and "frequent". > - 2.6 kernel based. > > I don't want anything floppy based - I want the thing robust and installed > on > the system's harddrive. Basicly the system is going to be installed in the > home of people who are not computer illeterate but don't know what > unix/linux > is and don't want to know and I'm aiming not to visit them more then I > have > to, possibly almost none at all. > I'll also appreciate any hints and tips you can throw my way. > Thx. > > -- > Oded > ::.. > 9. I got these instructions off the net. I'm going to follow them > exactly. > Let's see if they work. > --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
