How many firewalls do you have?
 

I have 2 One built into my lan

the other is on Windows xp

I just have a linksys hardware firewall right now.

I am planning to setup a linux box with two network cards to replace the linksys, i have just not had the time.

I used to also run Zone Alarm Pro, however it got very annoying so i disabled it.

I ahve the linksys firewall that i know of at home... as for whats at platteville, i'm sure there are a few but i dont know enough about their set-up yet....

my router has port stealth

and i have Tiny Personal Firewall and BlackICE defender to cover those open ports and traces packets

I use a floppy firewall/dhcp/router on a 486DX2/66 floppyfw
It works great, I ran NeoWatch for a month on a machine hooked to
the floppyfw but there is no need, NOTHING showed up on the
NeoWatch so I uninstalled it.
The firewall machine itself can be attacked but not
much can be done with a writeprotected floppy and
16 meg memory ramdisk, I turn it of every night
so if anything it will be gone.

nice!!

is the installation and setup easy for that OS?
i have a P133 (donated to my from my friend) doing nothing and ive been thinking of turning it into a router for a while
even though i have a sucky router, i need a good hardware firewall...

does floppyfw support just the firewall feature?
because i want to connect it just to my adsl modem and out to my router...

how applicable would that setup be?

Floppyfw does Routing,Firewall and dhcp
i added a package that logs in as well specially made for Telia swedens
ADSL log in.

The setup is easy get two 3com cards, 10mbt is enough
I use ISA 3com, 3com because linux has such an easy time
with them and cheap for used ones

a floppy drive (no HDD needed)
KBRD and Monitor just needed a first

I liked one called JT that I found in one of their links

Just read the howtoes on their page

It is good to have the 3com software so you can boot with

MS floppy and set them to different IRQs and ports
if you look at the 3com cards it sais ethernet address
somewhere the lowest number (in hex) becomes
eth0 the one to hook to your
ADSL modem (or other)
eth1 connects to switch/hub or single puter

in MSIE and network just set it to get IP automaticly
and you are ready to go.

You might have to try some different distroes
to fit your stuff the best

just download a few images and make floppies to try
there is a config file on the floppy you can change
from w9x with write (note pad messes with carrige returns (CR)
you need to change to static IP if that is what you have
default is dynamic

and depending on your supplier it can be enough
to put username and pass in config to log in ( I needed extra package)
otherwise you just log in from your surfing puter

well it is all fairly easy it helps to know linux but no need (I don't)
just read HOWTOes

how bout Dlink?

i luv DLink network stuff...

whats the point of posting that?

my friend bought the 604 2 weeks ago and its all good for him

DLink is one of the best quality network interface maker