Best Router/FW Distro


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Hey all! I currently have Smoothwall 2.0 set up on a Pentium-166 with 64MB RAM, and it's working great. However, I'd like to know if there's a better distribution that will do what I need. I have 6 computers that all need internet access, and will need their IP addresses assigned via DHCP (DHCP server is a must). I *really* love the traffic graphs and IP blocking available in Smoothwall, but could live without it.

--Kas

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It depends on what you mean by "better". It means different things to different people.. :D

However, from your post, I will assume that you mean "efficient, basic, and secure".

In that case, I think that OpenBSD (or possibly other *BSD variant) will be best - from what I have heard. I have no personal experience with BSD, but if you look here Netcraft.com, you will see that it appears to be a VERY reliable OS to use on the web!

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It's wednesday again. Can you tell? :rolleyes:

Here's a hint,

monday is " what's the best distro"

tuesday is "i'm a linux n00b and i can't use a search function"

wednestay is " what's best firewall/router distro"

thursday is "i wanna do xyz, replies: use gentoo, suse, my distro of choice"

frirday is "how do i partition"

the weekend shares something like "how do i install xyz"

Why can't people ever do a search for old topics or read docs or faqs before asking.

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