Suggestions for setting up a Router Box

Negated Void · l33t Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 672

Hello!

I've finally built my new computer, and giong to take this one (PIII 800mhz, 512mb ram, 60GB, etc) and make it into a kinda server/router box for my home network.

This being said, i'm a almost total linux Newbie (i admit it) and was wondering what would make a good such setup & any suggestions for doing so?

I have two NIC's - one for the Cable modem (wan) and ione for local (LAN).
I would like to have this set it's ip to 192.168.0.1 (the ip of my old router) and become a DHCP server for any computers wanting internet access.

I would like to be able to direct ports and/or port ranges to certain computers, and have a default computer for stuff being sent to ports that i haven't chosen somewhere for.

It would be *really* cool to be able to monitor each comptuers usage at any given time, over a period of time, etc - Throttling them would be cool too!

I'd like to also set up a Webserver, Fileserver, etc , but thoes guides are prolly easy to find.

Thanks!
-Matt Finnicum

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Moved from Installing Gentoo.
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Negated Void · l33t Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 672

Sorry - I had thought this would go in installing Gentoo as it was about what to install. My Bad.

olal · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 8:05 am Post subject:

try to install gentoo linux & ask in installing where You cant fix it Yourself?

good luck (print the gentoo - install manual, its really good..)

charlieg · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2003 12:52 pm Post subject: Try this

Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control
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Negated Void · l33t Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Posts: 672

Charlieg - Thanks for that link - it looks like it'll help me alot

Olal - Yeah, i like the install manual - i tried it once before but my setuip mad e it next-to-impossible so i am just wiping windows and not dual-booting.

Thanks again!
-Matt