When offering our experiences I said I had tried them 3 years ago. Steve said "(too expensive last time I checked)" which was not qualified with a time frame, which means it could have been longer. Your information is helpful, but your comment "Ignore the clueless people on this list" is irrelevant and does not jib with the statements made. On 7/26/05, Matthew S. Hallacy <poptix at poptix.net> wrote: > Multiport NICs are not expensive, or poorly supported. > > Google for Compaq NC3131, they're dual (can be upgraded to quad) Intel > Ether Express Pro 100's on a PCI bridge built into the card. (Note, > these are 64bit/66mhz cards, but they operate fine in 32bit/33mhz slots > unless you opt for the dual gigabit daughterboard) > > Other companies have taken various other chipsets and done the same > thing, I recall seeing a quad port rtl8181 based board not so long ago. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5792027257&category=51195&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1 > > Quad port tulip chipset based NIC, $4.99 > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5791419530&category=51195&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1 > > Same card, $19.95 buy-it-now. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5792594592&category=56092&ssPageName=WDVW&rd=1 > > Lot of 4 Compaq NC3131 (8 ports total) for $40 buy-it-now. > > Ignore the clueless people on this list. > > On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 14:07 -0500, Randy Clarksean 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 >