[lug] Wanted: Tiny diskless, fanless Linux Box for Firewall/Router/Hub/NAT

Nick Golder nrg at nirgo.net
Wed Mar 16 08:00:06 MST 2005


On 2005-03-16 00:30 -0700, David Morris wrote:
> I have not set it up myself as for the moment I only need a
> single IP but I believe the Linksys WRT54G using Sveasoft's
> Linux firmware can easily handle multiple
> interfaces.  If I recall correctly in the free version you
> would have to set it up manually using the telnet/ssh
> interface to access the system or you can pay a small fee to
> get a more current version of the firmware in which there is
> web-based form configuration support for it.
> 
> ...if I am remembering correctly, of course ;)
> 

And there is OpenWRT [http://www.openwrt.org/] for rolling your own
custom distro for the Linksys WRT54G (among other WAPs).  It is nice
having OpenVPN on your WAP. ;-)

-- 
-Nick Golder



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