[Ham-Computers] Re: [Ham-Linux] Running Linux

[JMM Moi-Même Maître du Monde]

At my employer's we used to run Linux as a firewall on a P166/64Mb box
without machine load problems. There were some 150+ users on the 
corprate LAN side and a 800kbits/s upstream connectivity to our ISP.

(It has been replaced since then not because of technical problems
but as part of a major network alteration : mail relay, LAN wide
anti-span and anti-virus filters, etc... etc..) 

At home, I use a system P200/128 with 3 NICs. It runs Suse Linux 8.2
and Shorewall (http://france.shorewall.net) almost straight out of the 
box (just had to change the default number used by Shorewall in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
and modify the supplied 3-arm firewall configuration files). It does
a good job with a NIC linked via a cross over cable to my Ethernet ADSL modem,
one towards my DMZ hub, and one towards my private LAN.

My suggestion would be that you could run it on a system back from a broker's
trash and put your TNOS on one of the systems of the private LAN.



On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 09:15:38PM -0500, Jonathan D. Thawley, KC8CPW wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Here's the scoop....
> 
> I need to run linux on a computer.... here is what I want to do with the
> system....
> 
> I want to use it as a firewall... it will be connected to DSL 24/7  in
> addition to being the firewall, I want to run TNOS (the linux version) for
> packet on 2 meters or 440... haven't decided what band to use for what i
> need yet.... anyhow that's beside the point....
>