From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 25 06:59:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA17327 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:59:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from luomat.peak.org (cc344191-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com [24.2.83.40]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA17320 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 06:59:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luomat@luomat.peak.org) Received: (from luomat@localhost) by luomat.peak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA08753 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:59:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711251459.JAA08753@luomat.peak.org> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 4.1mach v148) X-Image-URL: http://www.peak.org/~luomat/next/luomat@peak.org.tiff X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 4.1mach (Enhance 2.0b6.5) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.148.RR) From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Tue, 25 Nov 97 09:59:16 -0500 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: lowest end FBSD router machine possible X-Image-URL-Disclaimer: hey, it's off my student ID, gimme a break ;-) Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk {resending because it seems not to have made it to the list} I am looking to put together a low low end FreeBSD machine to ask as a ``router'' (is that the right term?) to do what I think it called `IP-Masquerading' Basically I have a cable modem and 2 computers, but only one static IP. I need the 2 computers to be able to talk to one another (NFS) and would like to be able to reach the internet through either machine. I have an Ethernet hub (Linksys, 5 port). I also have an extra Intel EtherExpress ethernet card I'd like to use for the new cheap machine. I need to know how low-end I can go. 486dx/66? What kind of additional hardware? Thanks for any help you might be able to provide. I've never done this before but have some UNIX experience (NeXTStep). TjL