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 ----- Original Message ----- 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) > -- > > -\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/-\_/ > > > Subject: Re: Firewalling netwirk with Red Hat post > > 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. Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml