Jeremy,

With the 486 for a firewall / internet connection, is there a loss of speed
vs. using a dial-up connection from a modem in your PC? What is the
processor speed of your 486?

Thanks,

Jeff Madore

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From: Jeremy Rose <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Firewalling netwirk with Red Hat post (fwd)


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> Subject: Re: Firewalling netwirk with Red Hat post
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> Ok, I admit I am no expert or anything.  I am just a kid who has been
> using Linux for a couple years and figured out how to do some very usefull
> things with it.
> Linux has a utility called iptables that works closely with the kernel
> and acts as a very configureable and
> flexible packet filter.  I have a dedicated 486 that sits under the tv and
> has no monitor that I use iptables on to forward my 56k dialup internet
> connection over my home ethernet tcp/ip network.

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