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post #16 of 22
6/10/05 at 1:15am
OpenBSD is as secure as it gets and PF is a fantastic firewall.
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post #17 of 22
6/10/05 at 9:22am
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Originally Posted by videocrew
sorry, i type too fast for my brain to keep up. when i said you didn't need a laptop, i mean you wouldn't need a router. sorry, i'm easily confused.
Ah, I see... that makes a lot more sense.

If I want a wireless network in the condo wouldnt it be easier to use a wireless router? Or could I just get a wireless hub of some kind? I have a bunch of old network cards that I could throw in a pentium or something if I was doing a wired network.
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Originally Posted by videocrew
also, the advantage to boot-from-disk is that hackers can't change anything in the system, cd is read-only.
Good point. With these OS on a disk setups, do you have to throw it on a harddrive first to configure it and then create the CD or are you supposed to just use all the default settings? Any idea if these things would be able to handle printing services as well?

If I can get an old beater computer to act as a the server, maybe I'll get a new video card for my current computer and turn it into a HTPC.
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post #18 of 22
6/10/05 at 9:54am
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Originally Posted by Malus
OpenBSD is as secure as it gets and PF is a fantastic firewall.
Though smoothwall may be a bit easier to manage, OpenBSD and pf do have wonderful features if you're willing to buckle down and learnt them.
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post #19 of 22
6/10/05 at 8:00pm
If it is going to do nothing but host the internet wirelessly, just get a wireless router for $30. It will save a lot of time, and money.
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post #20 of 22
6/11/05 at 8:02am

The Via C3

Warning: The Via C3 processor is REALLY slow, the 1ghz model preforms as a Pentium 2 400mhz iirc. This means that it's not suited for anything that requires cpu-power. Thought it was fair to warn you.
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post #21 of 22
6/16/05 at 3:19pm
The bundled wireless is very bad in range. And isn't fast. I would get a normal laptop without it and just get a card like a Netgear, Buffalo Tech, or Proxim Orinoco.
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post #22 of 22
6/16/05 at 3:22pm
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Originally Posted by Help
The bundled wireless is very bad in range.
Is this a universal truth in internal wireless or are you refering to the module in one specific laptop?
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