Ive seen a few posts where individuals are looking for one of the above solutions or how to do it. These things can be a nightmare to the new and the old in linux. So I offer a simple solution. SMOOTHWALL.


What Smoothwall is:

Smoothwall is all of the above in one package that runs by itself on an old pc. It handles your connection. Is a firewall, Gateway, DNS, DHCP, VPN, and rounter all in one package. It handles linux, Novell, Unix, and windows clients. The setup is pretty strait forward and simple enough (if you read the documentation) that even most newbies should be able to install it with ease.

So here is the link to get more info about this solution.
www.smoothwall.org

Here is a cost break down for my smoothwall.
old computer with 1 gig drive, p166, and 32 mb of ram $15
3 nic cards $60
download of smoothwall 1.0 (free)
burning of iso onto cd $0.40
total $75.40 US for a solution that with cisco would have cost over $3000

So I hope this helps and happy smoothin

Nthline