Re: [PCTECH] Old PC as internet gateway and file server

[Peter Colpaert <Peter.Colpaert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I've got a couple of Ubuntu CD's here, so I might as well give that a 
go.  I was just thinking about an all-in-one as it would be easiest for me.

As for having two separate boxes, my wife is already complaining about 
the number of PC's in my "office" (=the bedroom), so I'm not even 
considering that <g>

Thanks for the info.

Peter

Paul Stagnoli wrote:

> Hi Peter!
>
> If you are determined to make it an all in one solution, I would suggest 
> Debian.  You can't beat their package management system for maintaining the OS.
>
> IMHO a better, more secure, approach is to use the box to create a firewall 
> (including DHCP & DNS) and get another box for the internal server. I'd suggest 
> IPCop http://www.ipcop.org for the firewall. The internal server can run Debian, 
> Ubuntu, or whatever.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Paul Stagnoli
>
> *-------------------------------------------------*
>
>
> Hi group,
>
> My oldest PC has been rotated past the entire family, and was finally 
> retired last week.
>
> So now I have at my disposal a 350MHz PII with 320MB Ram, 2 HD's of 
> 20GB, NIC (and 2 more in the closet) and a DVD reader.
>
> I could of course try to sell the parts online, but I am tempted to 
> convert this old thing into a do-it-all server, which would be firewall, 
> proxy, internal POP & SMTP, DHCP, DNS and file server.
>
> Currently, my own P4 has 2 NIC's, one to my cable modem and one to the 
> internal LAN.  I run 602LanSuite (freeware edition), which incorporates 
> the above services.
>
> <finally getting to the heart of the matter>
> Does anyone know of a free (linux?) solution that has all this?
>
> I'm specifically looking at an all-in-one solution, considering that my 
> linux knowledge is almost zero.
>
> Any advice would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>