Ipcop makes it nice and easy to talk an old 133mhz+ with a gig harddrive or so and turn it in to a great home nat box Adam Chad Walstrom wrote: >THREAD BREAK... > >smac at visi.com wrote: > > >>purpose. F&P Server, Web Server, workstation, mobile, test, and my >>wife and kids each have machines. I don't have to beg to use the >>computer and I don't have to deal with their problems on a machine I >>use for what ever purpose. >> >> > >This is a very good setup. My workstation used to do double-duty as a >firewall/NAT box, but that proved inflexible when I wanted to go to LAN >parties. My wife would no longer be able to get on-line with the >wireless-laptop. The ideal, basic home network should include a >separate firewall/proxy box, a file server, and either multiple >workstations or one "terminal server" and many "thin clients", in >addition to any special workstations you might need. I just think it'd >be cool to have touch-screen consoles in each room. ;-) > >Honestly, I don't foresee my children ever needing a separate >workstation for themselves. Of course, I'm a BOFH and control-freak, so >YMMV. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list