Nukes
9th May 2002, 16:38
Right, the system in question is a laptop, with internal modem. No ISDN because it is going to the scottish highlands. And it only has 32mb ram.
I use a PCMCIA lan card with it. (some d-Link one).
The problem is:
The reason I want to use this laptop for this is it takes up hardly any space, so can just sit on a shelf. I can't stick XP on because it only has 32mb ram. I don't want to stick 95/98 on because I won't have physical access to the machine once it is set up and running. It will be dialling into an ISP through the modem and sharing it to the ethernet network.
I would like a stable and secure solution, which is why I don't want 95/98/me. I was thinking about using Linux and IPCHAINS, but I doubt Linux would support the modem.
The laptop is a HP Omnibook XE2
I use a PCMCIA lan card with it. (some d-Link one).
The problem is:
The reason I want to use this laptop for this is it takes up hardly any space, so can just sit on a shelf. I can't stick XP on because it only has 32mb ram. I don't want to stick 95/98 on because I won't have physical access to the machine once it is set up and running. It will be dialling into an ISP through the modem and sharing it to the ethernet network.
I would like a stable and secure solution, which is why I don't want 95/98/me. I was thinking about using Linux and IPCHAINS, but I doubt Linux would support the modem.
The laptop is a HP Omnibook XE2