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by degwell

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i recently saw an answer to someones qtn about having a linux "nat server" and he was given smoothwall.org as an answer. i checked out the site and it was like an answer from God himself.. that what i have been looking for i am puttting together some pentium II junk i had lying around for testing the software. then i can go install it on one of my clients sites. is there anything i neeed to know about smootwall apart from it being the answer to my prayers??

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by choppit

I'm aware of smoothwall but have never used it. One you may want to consider as an alternative is IpCop http://www.ipcop.org/. Because these distros tend to run on older (proven) Linux versions support for newer NICs is often patchy, therefore, If you can,I'd use older NICs and 2/3 of the same type just for ease of installation. Once you've got the firewall up and running, disable and/or remove FDD and CD and remove keyboard, mouse and monitor. From there on manage the unit via HTTPS or SSH.

by degwell

have been to thesite have not downloaded anything yet but thanks all the same let me find some space to test it, hope you do not mind questions from time to time thanx

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