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How to make my 486 work as a Firewall?

I have 486 PC with 4MB Ram . I would like to configure it as a fire wall. The Modem I have is a USB ADSL modem with the output as USB . I would like to configure this as My firewall for my network . How can I configure it? Can any one explanin to me step by step. My 486 has no USB ports only serial ones. I also have a Pentium 3 PC and a Pentium 4 Laptop. How do I configure these three in a network and how to set the firewall on the 486 PC .

My 486 has Dos ver 6.2
My Pentium 3 Pc has Win Xp pro
My Pentium 4 Laptop has win xp home.

Need any details just ask . I would like to get this started.

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Luc Franken

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Scorp888

Hi yavooza,

You can't.

Not with the hardware you have.

If the 486 doesn't support USB, then regardless of which firewall you put on it, you won't be able to use it.

You could however get yourself a ethernet DSL modem, and use that instead.

Then, you could install something like Ipcop.

www.ipcop.org

However, it will need more than 8mb of ram for the install, when it's running 8mb will be fine.

yavooza

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What do you think i can do with my 486 .Is there anything good I can do . Bcoz its lyingh there as a waste. I would like to use its potential.

Luc Franken

Making it a firewall will be a nice thing, another thing that might be funny is to make it a standalone MP3 player.

LucF

yavooza

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How can i make it an mp3 player?
i dont have any os in it

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Luc Franken

Scorp888 is right, you're asking two questions in one, please see http:help.jsp#hi107

Just one little thingy:
>>a usb card for your 486.<<
Isn't an option for you as a 486 won't support any OS with a good support for USB wich is certainly needed for using it as a router/firewall.

So, you'll really need to get yourself an ethernet modem for your system.

LucF