Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Simple Linux Router on a live CD?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 21 February 2007, Mikie wrote:
> Actually I did Google extensively and looked at three packages which
> would require too much time to implement.
>
> The Vyatta was working in 10 min and now my lab's three Gentoo boxes
> are routed.

And this entire bullshit thread would have been prevented had you done 
the normal thing on mailing lists:

SUPPLY ALL REQUIRED AND RELEVANT INFORMATION.

Here's what you said:

"Anyone out there know where I could DL an iso file with a simple route
only linux?

"I just need routing and no other features.

"Thanks"


Here's an example of what you should have said:

Hi all,

I need a small simple distro to use for a router. It must run on a tiny 
machine <insert hardware, RAM and disk specs here>, I don't need 
iptables and conntrack functionality so ram is not a major issue. It 
will route for three hosts and I'll need it to scale to 6 easily.

Google found me products A, B and C, and all seem OK but none strike me 
as being perfectly suited <insert short reasons as to why here>.

Anyone here used these distros and can give comment? Or maybe recommend 
something I haven't listed already?

thanks,

<your name>

See the difference? I can give you a real answer to the example, but 
can't really respond positively to the original (and it has nothing to 
do with grammar or language)


alan

p.s. this was not a flame


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Alan McKinnon
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