[nycbug-talk] soho router options (soekris?)

[Brad Schonhorst]

>>
>>>>
>>>>> Sure.  But the point of NYC*BUG, to me at least, should be to pool 
>>>>> some of our skills and resources so we can do things like run a 
>>>>> Soekris box without having to start from square one.
>>>>>
>>>>> sysadmins<->devs
>>>>> newusers<->old hacks
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea would be to make it easier for those who *do* want to run 
>>>>> Soekris as a firewall at home without too much effort.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd envision this:
>>>>>
>>>>> You download and copy to your CF card.
>>>>>
>>>>> Plug it in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Use it.
>>>>
>>>> Shall we rock this?
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would love to, and have the basic setup ready, including pfstat, 
>>> etc., but really don't have the time.
>>>
>>> volunteers?
>>>
>>> I know a number of nycbug people, like Kurt M., Okan D., Pete W., 
>>> etc., have had some Soekris fun.  I'm sure they have some input into 
>>> the matter, if not volunteering.
>>>
>>> G
>>>
>>
>> First off, I think this is a great idea and would love to help test 
>> or whatever I can do.  My question is how would this be different 
>> from:
>>
>> flashdist
>> http://www.nmedia.net/~chris/soekris/
>
> I think it would be more fully config'd version, with full pf rules, 
> with an accompanying network device listing, ie, ips<-> devices listed 
> to match included PF rules.
>

this sounds cool, makes your soekris box almost as easy to plug and 
play as the other options discussed earlier in the thread.

-brad