Linux as a router/gateway

[Jim Bradley]

** Reply to message from Patrick Thurmond <p_thurmond at yahoo.com> on Thu, 10 May
2001 21:22:59 -0700 (PDT)

The degree of setup will vary, but virtually all linux distributions can be
setup to do IP masking. Coyote Linux, freesco, linux router project, etc. are
floppy disk versions that don't have a GUI and are designed solely to function
as a router/gateway. e-smith and Mandrake Cookfire (release candidate 2 is out)
are more or less setup to act as a gateway out of the box. The resources needed
vary with the distributions, too. The floppy disk distributions generally only
require a 386 or 486 (A numeric coprocessor is generally needed because the
emulation eats up too much of the floppy space.), while e-smith and cookfire
both require a pentium. You could recompile the source and create your own 486
distribution, which ought to be fun (especially if you're compiling it on a 386
or 486! You might finish compiling it by next month.)

> Can anyone list to me the variety of distrobutions and linux based solutions available on the 
internet that would do IP masking, acting as a gateway for my network. Basically I want to know 
what other alternatives I have to coyote linux. Thanks!
> -Patrick

Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA (jbradley at classicnet.net)