PanicX
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Hey all, I've got a rather daunting task I'd like to undertake but will need some serious handholding to get through. For those of you willing to take the time to help me out, here's the scenario.
A few months ago, a buddy of mine rented the apartment next door. We both have cable internet connections, and we drilled through the wall to connect our LANs for fast easy sharing. What I would like to do is replace both our Linksys Routers with a single linux box that would route/loadbalance the cable connections, provide firewall security, network monitoring, DHCP, SFTP, and a massive file share (SAMBA?).
I have about 3 PC's running Windows XP, and he has about 4 PC's running Windows 2000. We both have friends drop by often with Laptops running either Windows XP, Slackware Linux, or OSX.
Now, I'm presuming the most difficult function involved is loadbalancing the connections. With this in mind, is there any particular linux distro that would be best for this scenario? I also want to avoid installing a GUI to save resources, however I'm not sure how to do this with modern distro setup utilities I've seen.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.
A few months ago, a buddy of mine rented the apartment next door. We both have cable internet connections, and we drilled through the wall to connect our LANs for fast easy sharing. What I would like to do is replace both our Linksys Routers with a single linux box that would route/loadbalance the cable connections, provide firewall security, network monitoring, DHCP, SFTP, and a massive file share (SAMBA?).
I have about 3 PC's running Windows XP, and he has about 4 PC's running Windows 2000. We both have friends drop by often with Laptops running either Windows XP, Slackware Linux, or OSX.
Now, I'm presuming the most difficult function involved is loadbalancing the connections. With this in mind, is there any particular linux distro that would be best for this scenario? I also want to avoid installing a GUI to save resources, however I'm not sure how to do this with modern distro setup utilities I've seen.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.