where to shove the spare machines

[Leo Mauler]

--- Charles Steinkuehler <charles at steinkuehler.net>
wrote:

> Monty J. Harder wrote:
> | On 1/4/06, *David Nicol* <davidnicol at gmail.com
> | <mailto:davidnicol at gmail.com>> wrote:
> |
> |
> |
> |     If only there was a boot floppy that would
> |     turn the dust magnet into
> |     something
> |     that would be of use.
> |
> |
> | http://www.linuxrouter.org/
> 
> ...which has been fairly dead for a while.  For more
> recent (but still fits
> on a floppy and runs on almost any old hardware)
> versions:
> 
> http://www.leaf-project.org/
> 
> The current uClibc based Bering release is an
> excellent way to turn most any
> spare PC into a
> router/stateful-firewall/vpn-gateway/whatever.

And then there's always FreeSCO.

http://www.freesco.org/

Decent floppy-based router.  If you have a hardware
modem and dial-up ISP, you can even set it up to
autodial your ISP when Internet service is requested.


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