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L053R · 02-11-2003, 02:49 AM

I'm new to the water-cooling scene but I'm old school when it comes to routing. I have found and awesome solution using whatever old x86 machine you have lying around.

First, pull the hard drive out and put a floppy in, then ditch most of the RAM (if you really care) and put 2 NIC's in it, most any will do. Then go to:

http://bbiagent.com/en/index.html

They have full instructions on the setup. After it is all done, you write the image it builds to a floppy and pop it in your old machine, which is now your new router. It takes less than 10 minutes to be a phantom on the internet. It is simple to admin thorough a browser, is maintenance free and much more bulletproof than one of those cable-router boxes. It also makes use of your 'useless' pc and is not limited to only 4 ports, hook it up to a 48-port switch or an access point and serve your whole complex like I used to. Mo-money-Mo-Money-Mo-Money!

Also, unlike the vulnerable cable-router boxes, your ISP won't be able to see the plethora of machines you have running behind it

02-11-2003, 02:49 AM	#62
L053R Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Irvine, Ca Posts: 2	I'm new to the water-cooling scene but I'm old school when it comes to routing. I have found and awesome solution using whatever old x86 machine you have lying around. First, pull the hard drive out and put a floppy in, then ditch most of the RAM (if you really care) and put 2 NIC's in it, most any will do. Then go to: http://bbiagent.com/en/index.html They have full instructions on the setup. After it is all done, you write the image it builds to a floppy and pop it in your old machine, which is now your new router. It takes less than 10 minutes to be a phantom on the internet. It is simple to admin thorough a browser, is maintenance free and much more bulletproof than one of those cable-router boxes. It also makes use of your 'useless' pc and is not limited to only 4 ports, hook it up to a 48-port switch or an access point and serve your whole complex like I used to. Mo-money-Mo-Money-Mo-Money! Also, unlike the vulnerable cable-router boxes, your ISP won't be able to see the plethora of machines you have running behind it __________________ No Signature, Thanks.