On 1/25/06, G J <iipreca at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I have a Linksys WRT54G wireless router/switch coming off of my satellite > modem, which goes into 2-3 machines. I have an older PII 350 MHz that I > would like to turn into a hardware firewall. Can I put it between the > modem > and the Linksys on the "internet" side of the Linksys, or do I have to put > it between the Linksys and the rest of my machines? I would like to keep > the > Linksys in the loop since it of course has extra firewall capabilities in > it > already. > Second question is what do you guys recommend I use as a firewall, I > have > RH Fedora Core 4 but it seems there are other "hardened" SELINUX versions > out there, any input is appreciated. > If that is your switch for your various computers, put the firewall between it and your modem. 2 NIC's inside your computer for red/green networks will be sufficient. I use Smoothwall currently, and have used IPCop. Both are good products. Out of curiosity, why the desire to put a hardware firewall in? IIRC, there is a Linux based prject out for that device. -- -Shawn -Nemo me impune lacessit. Ne Obliviscaris.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20060125/5692e67d/attachment.html