Re: What to do with an old machine.

On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:04:02 +0000, jasee wrote:

By no means any sort of Linux expert, but I've always promised myself
that I should at some time install my own firewall. 3com network cards
are cheap and reliable (IMO) and probably? well supported by Linux and
commonly available for about £1 or two second-hand (you'd need at least
two network cards) I imagine your machine you would fast enough? Others
here can say. Smoothwall was the linux firewall which used to be
installable from a floppy disk but now I notice has increased to 69megs
(Smoothwall Express)

Easily fast enough. The OPs machine would not be a bottleneck on any
consumer-grade internet connection.

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