Firewall and Hardware questions
Miles Brennan
miles at brennan.id.au
Wed Jan 12 05:37:34 UTC 2005
Mathew S. Nowend wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> It has been a long while since I have been on, and I again I am in
> need of guidance.
>
> I am currently running a WIFI network which includes a dell PIII 600
> running XP pro,
>
> A dell XPS laptop with XP pro, and a Celeron 600 custom box. My
> original plan
>
> Was to turn the custom box into a firewall/online storage/webserver.
> If all of that is
>
> Possible from one box. I went to www.tldp.org <http://www.tldp.org/>
> and downloaded the .pdf about
>
> Bridge+firewall+DSL howto. From my understanding DSL/Cable are the
> same thing.
>
> It does not say anything about what flavor of Linux to use, That is
> one question.
>
> Second question is I know I need dual NICS’ in the box but the custom
> machine
>
> Stated above died. So I am replacing it and I just need to know if 512
> RAM and
>
> If I need to go with a 40 or 80 gig hard drive? Sorry if there was
> useless stuff surrounding
>
> The actual questions.
>
Mathew,
You may find this document handy also, it has not yet been uploaded to TLDP.
Linux Home Server HOWTO - www.brennan.id.au
It has only just been completed and contains 20 chapters, which cover
all of the points you mention above. I think it would suit your
requirements.
Miles.
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