[Fwd: Re: [SLE] Cable internet questions]

From: Tom Nielsen (tom_at_neuro-logic.com)
Date: 09/23/03

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:33:26 -0700

    Sorry Frank. I hit the wrong reply.

    Tom

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    > From: Tom Nielsen <tom@neuro-logic.com>
    > To: Franklin Maurer <nebbish@sprynet.com>
    > Subject: Re: [SLE] Cable internet questions
    > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:20:56 -0700
    >
    > On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 15:00, Franklin Maurer wrote:
    >
    > > Well i'm finally going to get high speed internet in the next few months. But
    > > i have a few questions...
    > >
    > > I'd like to turn one of my old computers into a dedicated firewall, would
    > > smoothwall or the SuSE firewall be a better choice?
    > >
    > > The computer is a old piece of ... 100 Mhz pentium, 96 MB, 2 whopping 1g
    > > hardrives ... will this be sufficient?.
    > >
    > > I take it that it needs two nics, right? (Modem to firewall, firewall to
    > > router)
    > >
    > > Is Lynksys a good choice for a router? Any specific model?
    > >
    > > Is the setup modem > firewall > router > computer land ?
    > >
    > > Any faqs or how tos I should read?
    > >
    > > TIA
    >
    > I'm sure a lot of folks are going to tell you about how to setup the
    > firewall, but as far as I'm concerned, and if you don't have one
    > already, try a firewall/router for cable. I have an SMC ABR400blah,
    > blah. $40, with built in firewall, and 4-port switch. Works perfectly
    > for me and easy to setup. I had it up and running in about 5 minutes.
    > It also holds my IP for as long as possible.
    >
    > I have a SuSEfirewall here running on a 1gb drive with a P100 and
    > 256mb memory. As far as I know it works fine.
    >
    > Tom
    >
    >
    >
    > --
    >
    >
    > Tom Nielsen
    > Neuro Logic Systems
    > 805.389.5435 x18
    > www.neuro-logic.com 

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Tom Nielsen
Neuro Logic Systems
805.389.5435 x18
www.neuro-logic.com
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