Jeffrey wrote regarding 'Re: [SLE] Have Cable Broadband ... need Router' on Mon, Aug 16 at 11:25:
Quoting Thinker
: [snip] 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 [...]
SuSE can do this fairly easily. It just takes some of your time. If you have more money than time, use a hardware router/firewall like those from LinkSyS, etc.
I wanna stick in a plug for SnapGear stuff here. They're all the fun of a dedicated router in a case with no moving parts, combined with most of the fun of being able to insert arbitrary iptables commands and generally editing config settings. I love mine. :) A full PC is nice if you need to, say, install different kernel modules to handle some of the screwy filtering needs some of us have, but for just sharing a connection and doing simple NAT for regular home users, a full PC is generally overkill. --Danny, who still uses full-size PCs for most routing/firewalling, but is slowly moving to the few-second boot time and low power consumption of the embedded devices...