Billy_Bat
15th October 2005, 14:08
I was talking to an IT guy who was setting up a new vpn router at a location that I was working at, and he mentioned a setup that he uses running a BSD os that boots and runs from a cd. It had 0's instead of O's ( ;) ) in the name, and I can't remember what it was. He used it as a router/firewall, and it had different priorities you could set for different apps, to distribute bandwidth, etc.
I have an older spare PC that I want to use to run something like that, and I was wondering if there was a linux distro that would do the same thing, as well as do some crunching. I would also like to use it to play music files that could (ideally) be controlled from either Sarah's or my computer. (but we use Win2K/XP)
If anyone has an idea of what could be used to accomplish the greater portion of the above requirements, I would gladly do all the crunching for their account.
Worst case I will throw 2K on it, and just go the oldfashioned way, but I would rather expand my horizons a bit. Why, I don't know. I just finished repairing 2 computers for friends, and I have 1 1/2 to go, before I even get to rebuilding this puppy. (PIII 450 or 500 overclocked a good bit, 512 ram various hard drives, SB Live (not value) and other little goodies.) This will be my little project box.
I have a kvm switch, but isn't there software to allow it to be run over the network? I may be getting in over my head. Although I am ashamed to say that I used to do this stuff, back in the early 90's. There is sooo much I forgot. But my specialty was hardware, and troubleshooting. (and causing! A skill I have passed on to my kids.)
I have an older spare PC that I want to use to run something like that, and I was wondering if there was a linux distro that would do the same thing, as well as do some crunching. I would also like to use it to play music files that could (ideally) be controlled from either Sarah's or my computer. (but we use Win2K/XP)
If anyone has an idea of what could be used to accomplish the greater portion of the above requirements, I would gladly do all the crunching for their account.
Worst case I will throw 2K on it, and just go the oldfashioned way, but I would rather expand my horizons a bit. Why, I don't know. I just finished repairing 2 computers for friends, and I have 1 1/2 to go, before I even get to rebuilding this puppy. (PIII 450 or 500 overclocked a good bit, 512 ram various hard drives, SB Live (not value) and other little goodies.) This will be my little project box.
I have a kvm switch, but isn't there software to allow it to be run over the network? I may be getting in over my head. Although I am ashamed to say that I used to do this stuff, back in the early 90's. There is sooo much I forgot. But my specialty was hardware, and troubleshooting. (and causing! A skill I have passed on to my kids.)