[MLB-WIRELESS] Done! [was: Floppy Based Router]

[Michael Weinbergs]

Thanks to all who gave input to my dilemma.
I was pointed to "FloppyFW" (http://www.zelow.no/floppyfw/) after
investigating PicoBSD, LEAF , Oxygen etc.. all of whom were more than
capable of doing the job - FloppyFW won out.
It is compiled from linux 2.4.19 - and works fine!

FYI: it comes with Kernel Modules, and anyone with a reasonable unix
know-how will be able to work out how to load these modules. There are
*HEAPS* of precompiled modules/"packages" to be downloaded on their website.
The one thing I liked most about it is it uses a FAT file structure -
allowing me to copy the modules I require from my W2K box onto it directly
to the floppy (watch out for 8.3 rules however! Confused me for while - how
we take things for granted!)

Anyway - managed to get it to run with orinoco_plx.o and rtl8139too.o
modules - and set up a basic iptables-based firewall. There are modules for
IPsec too - which I will project later..
As for getting me up and going - this was perfect! They even have ISO images
to boot from CD..
Great for making simple, quick nodes/routers - I would recommend it.

Note: Like all things unix - it does assume you have some unix skills. It
takes some time to find all of the documentation - and some good browsing
skills to hunt down your answers.. but they are there.
Unlike most other distro's of this genera - this one is actually up-to-date!
Still some things for me to figure out - but if you are looking for a nice
way to quickly get a router going (can support PPPoE too!) - this is the way
to go!
Thanks again to all whom sent me input - Yet again, your help was
invaluable.
Michael 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Tedesco [mailto:jason at jason.id.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2002 12:36 PM
To: abo at minkirri.apana.org.au; Michael Weinbergs
Cc: melbwireless
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Floppy Based Router


For a floppy based router check out www.coyotelinux.com

Heard people getting it running with a 386, 12 meg RAM, and of course can 
be run of a floppy disk.
Does support IPChains, not sure about IPTables, I haven't looked at it that 
much.  Check out the FAQ there anway.

Cheers,
Jason

At 11:25 AM 4/11/2002 +1100, Donovan Baarda wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 08:45:00AM +1100, Michael Weinbergs wrote:
> > Howdy all. I have been looking at "leaf" (http://leaf.sourceforge.net)
and
> > "LRP" (  ) to try and find a basic kit to make a floppy based
>[...]
> > The documents are all there - but it is such a hotch-potch mess... I
can't
> > make heads or tails of them..
>
>I haven't looked at leaf for ages, but last time I did look it seemed to be
>on track to becoming a very nice mini-distro. It grew out of many
developers
>frustration with LRP's relatively closed/slow development, and it had
>largish group of very active developers who seemed to be co-operating well.
>I just looked at the leaf website and it seems that leaf is still going
>strong. Have a look at the "WISP" variant... wireless router distro.
>
>http://leaf.sourceforge.net/mod.php?mod=userpage&menu=908&page_id=27
>
>Because LEAF was started as a more open/inclusive development of the
>original LRP project, it is a bit "fragmented", and includes multiple
>variants. However, dispite apearences, the developers do work together, and
>the various branches tend to correspond with different applications or
>experiments with the LEAF concept. The original LRP project had a modular
>design using tarballs, which should allow you to cut down or beef up things
>to meet your requirements and limitations.
>
>If you have particular requirements that none of the current LEAF branches
>seem to meet, I would encourage you to subscribe to the list and post a few
>queries. The guys there can offer heaps of advice, and if LEAF can't meet
>your requirements, they will happily point you to other alternatives out
>there.
>
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