[KLUG Members] question about Linux-based firewall/router/AP appliance

[Robert G. Brown]

On Sun, 08 May 2005 21:04:23 -0400, Bruce Smith <bruce at armintl.com> wrote:

>> >> > Why would you use a firewall distro that requires, a heat generating,
>> >> > noise making, power sucking, high point of failure, hard drive?  :-)
>> Well, I used to; running IPCop off of flash/USB is apparently pretty easy. 
>Devil-Linux supports that out of the box.  :-)
Well, The line between "out ofthe box" and "pretty easy" is rather a lotta 
progress from "outtathe box" vs. "Not at all". 

>The problem is you need a fairly new motherboard to be able to boot from
>a USB drive.  Not good for recycling old hardware to be a firewall.  :-(
Recently, I saw some pretty old mobos do this. What was needed was a BIOS
upgrade. Another was a 4 year-old ATX board, 500 mHz P-III.... I know,
that used to be "bleeding edge"... 4 years or more back.. not any more!

Time marches on, and so do features. 
							Regards,
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