CentOS - Sep 2005 - Bryan Smith: Thanks for the IPCop recommendation

A few weeks back I had tried to install CentOS on my old AMD 5x6x (equiv 
to P75 performance) with plans to use it as my firewall and router. 
Because there were some problems relating to RPM compile architecture 
(apparently), I posted and Bryan suggested IPCop, even at peril to his 
life on these lists ;-)
according to him. ;-)  ;-)

Just wanted to tell him thanks, it's worked out well. Had three old ISA 
NICs (3Com combos BNC and TP), configured them for 3 different IRQs and 
IOBEG addresses and have it working beautifully. Have 3 zones and a 
recent download of several files sized *teen megabytes and larger gave 
me throughput of 590-600 KB/sec off my cable modem. I am out in the 
low-density boonies, but I still feel this is fairly impressive.

They even have a boot diskette available to support those old BIOS that 
won't boot CDs, as this unit was.

So, thanks Bryan.

I'm trying to configure a backup unit on an old Aptiva DX2/66. Have 1 
ISA Etherjet. Need a couple more ISA NICS that are configurable for 
IRQ/IOBASE. Anyone that wants to put two old good ISA NICS into a home 
where they will be cared for and appreciated, send me an email with 
details, if config diskette available (even if off the net), price, etc. 
I'll pay shipping too. Remove the underscores in the following address.

      w_ild-_bi_ll_ at _tra_id._rr._c_o_m

TIA

On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 18:39 -0400, Bill Maltby wrote:
> A few weeks back I had tried to install CentOS on my old AMD 5x6x (equiv 
> to P75 performance) with plans to use it as my firewall and router. 
> Because there were some problems relating to RPM compile architecture 
> (apparently), I posted and Bryan suggested IPCop, even at peril to his 
> life on these lists ;-)
> according to him. ;-)  ;-)
> 
> Just wanted to tell him thanks, it's worked out well. Had three old ISA
> NICs (3Com combos BNC and TP), configured them for 3 different IRQs and 
> IOBEG addresses and have it working beautifully. Have 3 zones and a 
> recent download of several files sized *teen megabytes and larger gave 
> me throughput of 590-600 KB/sec off my cable modem. I am out in the 
> low-density boonies, but I still feel this is fairly impressive.
> 
> They even have a boot diskette available to support those old BIOS that 
> won't boot CDs, as this unit was.
> 
> So, thanks Bryan.
> 
> I'm trying to configure a backup unit on an old Aptiva DX2/66. Have 1 
> ISA Etherjet. Need a couple more ISA NICS that are configurable for 
> IRQ/IOBASE. Anyone that wants to put two old good ISA NICS into a home 
> where they will be cared for and appreciated, send me an email with 
> details, if config diskette available (even if off the net), price, etc. 
> I'll pay shipping too. Remove the underscores in the following address.
> 
>       w_ild-_bi_ll_ at _tra_id._rr._c_o_m
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# 1 - Bryan asked to be prevented from posting

# 2 - ipcop is a slam dunk for your hardware and what you are trying to
accomplish

# 3 - your email address after removing the underscores doesn't match
the email address that you sent your email with. 

# 4 - you should have no problems picking them up new & used on ebay...
hint search 'ISA NIC' - you will find buy-it-now pricing for $ 4.99 and
probably can bid on some for less.

Craig


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>
>On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 18:39 -0400, Bill Maltby wrote:
>  
>
>>> A few weeks back I had tried to install CentOS on my old AMD 5x6x
(equiv
>>> to P75 performance) with plans to use it as my firewall and router.
>>> Because there were some problems relating to RPM compile
architecture
>>> (apparently), I posted and Bryan suggested IPCop, even at peril to
his
>>> life on these lists  ;-) 
>>> according to him.  ;-)    ;-) 
>>> 
>>> Just wanted to tell him thanks, it's worked out well. Had three
old ISA
>>> NICs (3Com combos BNC and TP), configured them for 3 different IRQs
and
>>> IOBEG addresses and have it working beautifully. Have 3 zones and a
>>> recent download of several files sized *teen megabytes and larger
gave
>>> me throughput of 590-600 KB/sec off my cable modem. I am out in the
>>> low-density boonies, but I still feel this is fairly impressive.
>>> 
>>> They even have a boot diskette available to support those old BIOS
that
>>> won't boot CDs, as this unit was.
>>> 
>>> So, thanks Bryan.
>>> 
>>> I'm trying to configure a backup unit on an old Aptiva DX2/66.
Have 1
>>> ISA Etherjet. Need a couple more ISA NICS that are configurable for
>>> IRQ/IOBASE. Anyone that wants to put two old good ISA NICS into a
home
>>> where they will be cared for and appreciated, send me an email with
>>> details, if config diskette available (even if off the net), price,
etc.
>>> I'll pay shipping too. Remove the underscores in the following
address.
>>> 
>>>       w_ild-_bi_ll_ at _tra_id._rr._c_o_m
>>    
>>
>----
># 1 - Bryan asked to be prevented from posting
>  
>
That's a shame. Just finished going through the digests and saw it all. 
Too bad the he and his adversaries couldn't work things out.
># 2 - ipcop is a slam dunk for your hardware and what you are trying to
>accomplish
>  
>
Yep. It was great. The only thing left to investigate is to see what it 
takes to get these NICs to do full duplex (do I want this?) to my switch 
(I think it's possible, have to do some reading). I configured them that 
way, but upon boot something in IPCop seems to set them to half duplex.
># 3 - your email address after removing the underscores doesn't match
>the email address that you sent your email with. 
>  
>
:O Dyslexic keyboard interface digits! "triad", not "traid"
is correct
result. Wasted effort anyway. I notice that the mail system puts it all 
at the top of the posts but for changing "@" to "at". Oh
well
># 4 - you should have no problems picking them up new & used on ebay...
>hint search 'ISA NIC' - you will find buy-it-now pricing for $ 4.99
and
>probably can bid on some for less.
>  
>
Good idea. Thx.
>Craig
>
Bill