[Ldsoss] NAS and Firewall Hardware / Software

[Stacey]

Yes, actually running the proxy on your Linksys router would be most 
likely too much for it to handle.   Not to mention, there is really not 
an easy way to add a hard drive to these if you plan on doing web 
caching as well.

FYI, here is a little howto on how to transparently redirect web traffic 
to your proxy from a Linksys WRT54G (or something similar) using DD-WRT:

    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Squid_Transparent_Proxy

-stacey.


Kevin Wise wrote:
> Thanks for all the input.  I actually already have a Linksys router 
> for a hardware firewall, and I wasn't planning to replace that.  For 
> the two of you that recommended splitting the hardware, would it 
> change your mind if I limited the new machine to content filtering 
> proxy and NAS (and leave the firewall and NAT to the router)?
>
> Kevin
>