I have been using m0n0wall (firewall) for years and use FreeNAS for file sharing (seperate machines)...might not be quite as intuitive as some of the other gui's but its solid. JG http://m0n0.ch/ http://freenas.org/ Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 14:14:28 -0700 From: galanolwe at yahoo.com To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: [tclug-list] Advice on using Linux box as router/firewall/file manager? I've got friends (really) -- who want to use an old box as a router/firewall/file server at the business. I told them Linux can do this -- all-in-one. But I've never been a serious admin type. Am I right that one box with Linux can do these things? They have a modem from their ISP patched into a Netgear Web Safe Router (RP614v3) and four Win boxes (2XP, Vista, Win7) plugged into the router. Could this router be deactivated and used as just a hub? Would file serving be done by Samba? OGM,MN _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100702/b3ac3370/attachment.htm