Dedicating a Machine to a NAT
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Has anyone here created a network router out of an old XP machine? I've found some posts about how to do it, but before I start, I wanted to ask for recommendations. Would I be better off installing Linux for this project, or can I find good NAT software for XP?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Has anyone here created a network router out of an old XP machine? I've found some posts about how to do it, but before I start, I wanted to ask for recommendations. Would I be better off installing Linux for this project, or can I find good NAT software for XP?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Hi for Xp you can use http://forum.codecall.net/topic/42782-how-to-set-up-nat-routing-on-windows-xp/[^] You can also install ipcop http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.gr/2008/10/how-to-do-natport-forwarding-on-ipcop.html[^]
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Hi for Xp you can use http://forum.codecall.net/topic/42782-how-to-set-up-nat-routing-on-windows-xp/[^] You can also install ipcop http://eternalblackzero.blogspot.gr/2008/10/how-to-do-natport-forwarding-on-ipcop.html[^]
Thanks for those links! :)
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Has anyone here created a network router out of an old XP machine? I've found some posts about how to do it, but before I start, I wanted to ask for recommendations. Would I be better off installing Linux for this project, or can I find good NAT software for XP?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
NAT is super easy to setup in Linux (assuming you have a decent Linux and networking background). It's essentially already a capability built into the kernel, so you just have to configure it (no additional packages required). If it's an old machine, Linux can also make better use of available resources (i.e. not a resource hog), of course, assuming you pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
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NAT is super easy to setup in Linux (assuming you have a decent Linux and networking background). It's essentially already a capability built into the kernel, so you just have to configure it (no additional packages required). If it's an old machine, Linux can also make better use of available resources (i.e. not a resource hog), of course, assuming you pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
Albert Holguin wrote:
pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
I have an old broken machine that struggled with XP, installed Ubuntu server (by taking the hard disk out and putting it in another machine!) Runs apache and a few other things just fine. It's the GUI that hurts. I manage it remotely (ssh) of course. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Albert Holguin wrote:
pick a Linux distro that doesn't use a lot of resources (i.e. don't use Ubuntu w/ Unity, perhaps with MATE).
I have an old broken machine that struggled with XP, installed Ubuntu server (by taking the hard disk out and putting it in another machine!) Runs apache and a few other things just fine. It's the GUI that hurts. I manage it remotely (ssh) of course. Cheers, Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
Yep, but there are GUIs that aren't that resource intensive... Xfce, MATE... so you don't necessarily have to give up the GUI to get decent performance out of an old computer. Unity on the other hand... that thing is horrible if you don't have good hardware. I'm not a fan, not a fan at all.
