Re: using a linux box to provide internet to a bunch of windows boxes

BradShoults@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Can anyone tell me how I can set up a linux box to provide internet to
some windows pc's?

I would get one of the Linux distributions that are built to be a secure
firewall. Since they are designed as a firewall, they do not contain all
the stuff that does not belong on a firewall server, desktop apps and the
like. They also come with tools to help configure and manage the firewall.

http://www.linuxlinks.com/Distributions/Secure/

Some that seem to be good:

http://www.endian.it/en/community/about/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipcop/
http://www.smoothwall.org/
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