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extremely small Linux/BSD for NATsetup

  • 14-06-2005 5:08pm
    #1
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,173 ✭✭✭✭


    I need to bridge a wireless network to an older wired network, and I want to do it on the cheap. I have a pallet (literally) of banjaxed Dell laptops, and I've managed to knock one good one out of it... or semi-good anyway. It seems to have 64MB RAM and a 4GB HDD, and I've got an Atml 11Mbit wireless card and a generic ne2000 nic for it.

    Heres the killer - its got NO CD-ROM. I've got a floppy drive for it though

    So is there a few floppy or install-by-net-from-floppy distro thats >100MB or so thats suited for packet flinging? Currently, I have a G4 iBook running Tiger doing a job, a total waste of resources...


Comments

  • #2
    bminish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭bminish


    Have you seen m0n0wall?
    http://m0n0.ch/wall/

    It might take a bit of juggling to get installed without a CD rom but it's small distro ~ (5 Mb)
    it does Wireless and is a well featured firewall.

    .Brendan


  • #3
    happydude13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 173 ✭✭happydude13


    if it's on the internet you can do a network install of debian.

    and shorewall say...

    http://www.debian.org/distrib/floppyinst


  • #4
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,567 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    stupid question

    where can I find configs for a floppy router without NAT ?


  • #5
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    OpenBsd sounds like the right tool here.


  • #6
    Sarunas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 355 ✭✭Sarunas


    yeah, net install of openbsd (requires 2 floppy disks iirc).


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