Kyle, I've saved your message for reference as this is something I plan to
do in the near future, and I have a Celeron300 all ready to be my linux box.
I have tinkered with CLOS a litte, and am interested in knowing if you have
any opinions as to which distro to run and what software would best serve
the gateway function.

Cheers


> Jason,
>

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> As far as setting up a separate router, that is certain do-able, and would
> work pretty much like I've outlined above.  The only real difference would
> be that the router is a dedicated system.  In the above example you have
to
> leave the host machine on all the time in order to provide a gateway for
the
> other machines in the network.  You can use a pretty old system as a
router
> and load it with Windows 95 without worrying about performance.  It would
> just have a slow boot time.  The best option would be Linux.  There is a
way
> to install Linux that makes it a very streamlined router.  You could use
an
> old 486 with a tiny hard drive and little RAM, and it would work pretty
> good.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Kyle Elmblade
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