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obob:
Ok, after realizing that my DI-604 is quite possibly a flaming POS, I want to build my own router out of a box of hardware (also I think it'd be super cool to say I have a router with a 3dfx Voodoo2, lol)

SO!
I'm thinking multiple CPU systems, running openmosix so that it works like an SMP (not so it has a higher GFlop rating, but so it can do more things @ once)

SO
my question is how do I connect it into the network? modem -> eth card 1 -> it -> eth card 2 -> switch, that should work right?

also, what OS would be good to run in addition to openmosix and Debian (or can I just pick another OS entirely and still get firewall/routing features?)

edit
just remembered i have a P4 2GHZ, I could just use that, lol
What OS is best though? ClarkConnect? m0n0wall? smoothwall GPL?

Jack2000:
I have strong evidence that my isp uses something like squid(/2.5.STABLE3)
to do its biding

bedouin:
Leave 1999 behind.   There's no need to have a huge, ugly beige, noisy box running 24-7 and consuming electricity (perhaps alongside a CRT) when you can buy a $50 Linksys router and install DD-WRT on it (or other 3rd party firmware of your choice).  Look into the WRT-54GL.

mobrien_12:
Depends on what you want your router to be able to do.  Can the linksys do everything a full beige box can?  No.  

However, I think the beige box is probably serious overkill for home network applications.  

There is the coolness factor of it all though...

solemnwarning:
I've got an Athlon XP 2500+ acting as an NAT router and webserver for my LAN, and why would you have a monitor running on it??

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