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| Thread ID: 134386 | 2013-06-26 22:30:00 | Old PC as a routeretc? | micky (7329) | Press F1 |
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| 1347114 | 2013-06-26 22:30:00 | I have an old Pentium PC that I would like to use as a router firewall to enable VPN and wireless to 2 other PC's Is there any where to find out how to and a suitable forum to show you how to connect it all up ie phone line in to the PC then lan out etc and how to enable wireless? | micky (7329) | ||
| 1347115 | 2013-06-26 22:38:00 | Will it be connected to a modem/router, (after it's been connected to a phoneline)? If there's no modem/router in this, you would have to buy a modem / dialup modem. If you wanted to connect the phone line to it. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1347116 | 2013-06-26 22:48:00 | No what I meant was does the phone line in have to connect to the dedicated PC 1st like dial up then get converted to go out as a lan connection to the other PC;s in the network, or am I wrong does it need a adsl modem to start with? Will it be connected to a modem/router, (after it's been connected to a phoneline)? If there's no modem/router in this, you would have to buy a modem / dialup modem. If you wanted to connect the phone line to it. |
micky (7329) | ||
| 1347117 | 2013-06-26 22:53:00 | Like Speedy said, you would still need a DSL modem. A PC cannot be a DSL modem. There are different ways to setup something like this. Windows can act ac a VPN server, but I'm not sure about concurrent connections. A router running DD-WRT works very well as a VPN server, and there isn't any real limit on the number of connections either. It sounds like you want to use the PC as a router - that's fine, but not with windows. You are more than likely going to end up with some form of Linux on there. In that case, the setup would go something like ... Phone line -> modem (DMZ to 'WAN' IP address of computer) -> computer (probably with a wireless card and dual LAN ports) ->rest of network. That is rather complex. For the amount of frigging around you'd end up doing, I would get a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND and put DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) std - build 14896 on it. Much easier. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1347118 | 2013-06-26 22:56:00 | If you dont have a modem/router, how would it get online? Unless you use some kind of USB dongle. Which would probably be expensive. Or dialup (you would need a modem), but it would be too slow for anything. You would have to have one or the other. So you can connect the phone line to something. If you want it to go online. You can use LAN or wireless, but obviously you'll have to install the drivers for both. And you'll need Ethernet cable (If you use LAN). But if you use the LAN, there's no point in using wireless |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1347119 | 2013-06-26 23:14:00 | I saw an old pc used as a mailbox once. | Driftwood (5551) | ||
| 1347120 | 2013-06-27 00:31:00 | Unless you're on UFB then you need a modem. What you want to do you can do with one NIC using VLANs but it's easier just to have 2 and use something like PFsense. Wireless would be done separately. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1347121 | 2013-06-27 00:50:00 | Ah PFSense was the one I was trying to think of. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1347122 | 2013-06-27 00:52:00 | It rules, I have it set up on a DSL connection here to keep a couple of wireless networks segregated. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1347123 | 2013-06-27 01:02:00 | Nice, it's been years since I played with it. Might have another play actually, just for laughs. | wratterus (105) | ||
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