On 14/09/11 16:33, WESEMEYER STEPHEN wrote:
> Hi Ian,
>
>
> On 14 September 2011 15:09, Ian Park <i.d.c.park@???
> <mailto:i.d.c.park@ntlworld.com>> wrote:
>
> I've been running firewall distributions for a good few years now on an
> old Compaq low profile box (Pentium III, 500 MHz) which I bought from
> Jamie's. I started with Smoothwall v2.0, and added extra RAM when I
> upgraded to Smoothwall v3.0; it now has 512MB RAM and a 6.3GB HDD.
> <snip>
> Can anyone suggest an alternative route to where I want to be (i.e. the
> equivalent of IPCop with red, green and blue interfaces), please? I
> suppose in the end I could just stick a wired network card in the IPCop
> box and hook up to an external wireless access point, but that would
> mean using another power socket, and I already use about 18 in this
> room...
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
>
> Ian
>
>
>
> I haven't used it at all and hence don't know whether it is any good but
> have you looked at:
>
> http://www.ipfire.org
>
> which, I believe, is a fork IPCop and according to
>
> http://www.ipfire.org/about (click on firewall tab)
>
> supports what you want. Furthermore, it looks as if it gets updated
> regularly (unlike IPCop):
>
> http://downloads.ipfire.org/older
>
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
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Thanks very much, Stephen - that looks interesting. I'll have to think
carefully about the logistics of getting an IPFire box working while
still maintaining my IPCop box; She Who Must Be Obeyed would get upset
if we lost the internet connection while I changed over the existing box
from IPCop to IPFire...
Cheers
Ian
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