Hello All,
I have just switched from Phone line DSL to Cable Modem Broadband. The bad news is, in order to get support from Adelphia, I have to use one of their preapproved cable modems for the connection.
The good news is, I have a spare machine and a couple of Network cards here that I can use for a router, and I hear that Linux is very good for just such a solution.
The question is, does the latest SuSE have an out-of-the-box fix for sharing a broadband connection? I am thinking I can come out of the cable modem into the Linux box on eth0 and have it handle the Firewall/Routing and DHCPing. Then come out of the linux box on eth1 to the switch and wireless access point connecting my other machines and my laptop to the network.
Make sense? If so, is SuSE my answer or should I be looking for another way to do this?
You could do that.. You could also turn to www.smoothwall.org for a out-of-the-box firewall/router/gateway. But then, you can't do anything else on that box. Anders Norrbring Norrbring Consulting