I tried those nics about 3 years ago. I could not get them to work. The drivers were not in the kernel so it was a big hassle. I am sure support is much better now, but something to look out for... I used FreeciSCO for awhile, but I found it easier to just install a base Dist (in my case Gentoo) and go from there. Brock On 7/18/05, Randy Clarksean <rclark at lakesplus.com> wrote: > > I am looking at a side project (fun/educational) to buy a couple used > multiport NICs, select a Linux distribution, and make a router/firewall out > of some old hardware. Has anyone out there tried this task and had any > success? Suggestions on Linux distributions for just a router/firewall > configuration? CD bootable versions? > > Quick google search produced: > > Linux router project (now DEAD) > BBI agent > Diet-Router > fli4l > floppyfw > FreeciSCO > Rock Router Linux > Sisela > > Would be nice if anyone had some thoughts on these or other distributions. > My goal is to have a secure, solid, remotely administrable system. > > Many thanks in advance ... as always. > > Randy > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >