Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-24 Thread Lorenzo Quatrini
Niki Kovacs ha scritto: > Hi, > > Last week I finished installing a small network in a private school : > one server (an old IBM X225), seventeen desktops (Fujitsu Siemens PIV > 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD), all running CentOS 5.5. > > One extra machine is acting as a router, in that it is in

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Todd Edwards
On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 10:09 -0800, Blake Hudson wrote: > > +1 for Linksys WRT54GL and tomato firmware > +1 for pfsense (or monowall) on a small server > I love my ASUS RT-N16 running DD-WRT although I have heard from friends that tomato is superior. With a 480mhz processor, 128mb of ram, and 3

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Tom Bishop
It depends on what hardware you have available and what all you would like to play with...I run both tomato and pfsense and both are great products but both serve a particular setting...I use tomato for AP's primarily but also use it for a soho router much better than linksys...but if you want more

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread m . roth
Niki Kovacs wrote: > Blake Hudson a écrit : >>> Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not >>> afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) >>> >> +1 for Linksys WRT54GL and tomato firmware >> +1 for pfsense (or monowall) on a small server > > Thanks for the many answers

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/22/10 12:48 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Blake Hudson a écrit : >>> Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not >>> afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) >>> >> +1 for Linksys WRT54GL and tomato firmware >> +1 for pfsense (or monowall) on a small server >> >> > Th

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Niki Kovacs
Blake Hudson a écrit : >> Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not >> afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) >> > > +1 for Linksys WRT54GL and tomato firmware > +1 for pfsense (or monowall) on a small server > > Thanks for the many answers in this thread. I'm

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread John Hodrien
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Bob p...@nle wrote: > I am looking for something similar to this thread.. Is there a way to > make a small CentOS distro that is bootable and runnable from only a > USB memory stick? It would need to be able to have files modified, but > I wouldn't want the USB stick to die p

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Blake Hudson
> Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not > afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) > +1 for Linksys WRT54GL and tomato firmware +1 for pfsense (or monowall) on a small server The Linksys is going to be your cheapest option and will take the least amount of t

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Bob p...@nle
I am looking for something similar to this thread.. Is there a way to make a small CentOS distro that is bootable and runnable from only a USB memory stick? It would need to be able to have files modified, but I wouldn't want the USB stick to die prematurely due to a ton of writes... Bob __

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Alexander Georgiev
2010/11/22 Niki Kovacs : > one server (an old IBM X225), seventeen desktops all running CentOS 5.5. > > One extra machine is acting as a router, in that it is installed between > the DSL modem and the network, with two Ethernet cards, and it's taking > care of DHCP, DNS, NTP and also acts like a pr

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread John Hodrien
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010, Robert Heller wrote: > One *simple* option would be to get a "small" IDE (I assume the existing > router machine is IDE based) SSD (or a 32G Compact Flash card + > IDE adaptor -- see eBay) and replace the IDE hard drive with this and > pull out the case fan (or just unplug its

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:51:46 +0100 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi, > > Last week I finished installing a small network in a private school : > one server (an old IBM X225), seventeen desktops (Fujitsu Siemens PIV > 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD), all running CentOS 5.5. > > One extra mac

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-22 Thread rainer
> On 11/21/10 10:51 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: >> Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not >> afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) > > > Alix2D2 or similar. > http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm > > they sell for about $80, add a flash card or small HD to hold your

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/21/10 10:51 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not > afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) Alix2D2 or similar. http://www.pcengines.ch/alix2d2.htm they sell for about $80, add a flash card or small HD to hold your router softw

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-21 Thread Eero Volotinen
2010/11/22 Niki Kovacs : > Hi, > > Last week I finished installing a small network in a private school : > one server (an old IBM X225), seventeen desktops (Fujitsu Siemens PIV > 2.4 GHZ, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB HD), all running CentOS 5.5. > > One extra machine is acting as a router, in that it is insta

Re: [CentOS] Router for SOHO network - hardware considerations

2010-11-21 Thread Luigi Rosa
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Niki Kovacs said the following on 22/11/10 07:51: > Is there anything you could especially recommend for this job? (I'm not > afraid of getting my hands dirty, BTW :oD) Consider a type of hardware that needs to be "always on" for a long period of ti