Linux to handle internet connection

Hi,

I'd like to place a Linux-based pc to handle my internet connection,
getting it from the adls line and sourcing it to the pc on a
Windows-based net. It has to be placed as a "filter" in between the
internet and the Win computers. Which distro would you suggest me? Any
comments, tips, tricks on the way I should do that?

Thanks so much for youyr help,
Marco

Marco wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to place a Linux-based pc to handle my internet connection,
> getting it from the adls line and sourcing it to the pc on a
> Windows-based net. It has to be placed as a "filter" in between the
> internet and the Win computers. Which distro would you suggest me? Any
> comments, tips, tricks on the way I should do that?
>
> Thanks so much for youyr help,
> Marco
>
It depends on what you want it to do. If you want it just to be a
firewall, then IMHO you can't beat IPCop (at <www.ipcop.org>).

If you want it to be a web server, a mail server and a file server as
well, then you need a "General Purpose" distro; take your pick - any of
them will do more or less equally well.

Robert

"Marco" <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

>Hi,

>I'd like to place a Linux-based pc to handle my internet connection,
>getting it from the adls line and sourcing it to the pc on a
>Windows-based net. It has to be placed as a "filter" in between the
>internet and the Win computers. Which distro would you suggest me? Any
>comments, tips, tricks on the way I should do that?

Any distro will be able to do that.

smoothwall

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> Hi,
>
> I'd like to place a Linux-based pc to handle my internet connection,
> getting it from the adls line and sourcing it to the pc on a
> Windows-based net. It has to be placed as a "filter" in between the
> internet and the Win computers. Which distro would you suggest me? Any
> comments, tips, tricks on the way I should do that?
>
> Thanks so much for youyr help,
> Marco
>

Hi,

I thank you for all the suggestions made so far, others are welcome
too, but I need to add some more informations on what I need to do. My
actual system has all WinXP machines, just one is connected to the
internet with an ADSL modem and it shares this connection with the
other pcs on the LAN. As long as this WinXP barrier to internet is so
weak, I'd like to change it with another OS, like Linux or OpenBSD,
more secure, able to easily recognize my modem and simple in sharing
the connection with the pc connected with it on the internal LAN.

Thanks,
Marco




Scott wrote:
> smoothwall
>
> "Marco" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ups.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to place a Linux-based pc to handle my internet connection,
> > getting it from the adls line and sourcing it to the pc on a
> > Windows-based net. It has to be placed as a "filter" in between the
> > internet and the Win computers. Which distro would you suggest me? Any
> > comments, tips, tricks on the way I should do that?
> >
> > Thanks so much for youyr help,
> > Marco
> >

Marco wrote:

> WinXP barrier to internet is so weak, I'd like to change it
> with another OS, like Linux or OpenBSD, more secure, able to
> easily recognize my modem and simple in sharing the connection
> with the pc connected with it on the internal LAN.

Just install IPCop or smoothwall on the machine you decided to
use for it. Both bring a comfortable configuration interface.

Wolfgang Draxinger
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