Re: which distro?

["Steve Poling" <sdpoling@xxxxxxxx>]

My internet router uses this hardware:

486/33
32mb ram
cheap video card & monochrome monitor
2 network cards (one for cable modem, one for my private net)
3.5" floppy drive

I use Coyote Linux to build the boot floppy. Coyote Linux seems to be
optimized for this machine's task. (If you want to check out the Linux
Router Project, that'll probably work, too.) I boot the machine and then
eject the floppy. The Coyote Linux distribution isn't a terribly big
download, I recommend it highly.

My router does IP-masq. It acts as a DHCP client (for the cable modem) and
it can serve as a DHCP server (for my private net). It's been rock solid and
the only sharp edge was making sure I had the right parameters and modules
for my network cards.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Anderson" <mallen@flashmail.com>
To: <klug@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2000 11:02 PM
Subject: which distro?


> I am going to be setting up a linux box for my new apartment as an
internet
> router.  The hardware will be a dx4 (100mhz) with 32mb ram, cheap video
> card, 10/100 netgear network card, and 3gb hard drive.  I was going to put
> debian 2.1 on the system but have recently acquired a copy of stormlinux
> 2000.  Has anybody used this distro?  It seems to be an alright
> distribution, and of course its based on debian so I kind of still would
be
> using debian, just with updated kernel/packages.  Please send me any
> comments/advice you can give me..thanks!
>
> Matt Anderson
> mallen@flashmail.com
>