[clug] anyone using a Linux as an Internet gateway?
Peter Barker
pbarker at barker.dropbear.id.au
Tue Oct 19 18:38:19 MDT 2010
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> I can highly recommend IPCop as a firewall and router
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCop
> It's a good way to recycle an old, low spec PC. Smoothwall Community
Now-adays I recommend people *not* reuse an old PC for this 24/7 work. I
suggest they make an investment in a low-power box and wait for the
machine to pay for itself in power savings.
I replaced a 70W PC with a 4W Fit-PC (version 1). That's about $85/year
in electricity (at current rates). The unit cost me $420. That's not a
bad ROI. I find the machine to have ample power for shifting packets
around.
> Cheers
Yours,
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