Re: Linux Puts Old Hardware to Use, as Router

[Cr00zng <cr00zng@xxxxxxxxx>]

casioculture@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > Old PC To New Router With Gentoo Linux
> >
> > ,----[ Quote ]
> > | Don't throw that old PC away just yet, it still has some life in it yet.
> > | No matter how bad your old PC is it can always be used as a router, and
> > | your old router as a switch. All you need is two nic cards for it.
> > `----
> >
> > http://cyber-knowledge.net/blog/2006/09/01/old-pc-to-new-router-with-gentoo-linux/
>
> This would be fine in the US. In the UK, and Europe in general, people
> don't have that much space in their homes for old PCs when they can use
> a tiny £12 router.

It wouldn't be fine in the US either and not because of lack of space. 
The old "clunker" draws much more electricity than a cheap broadband 
router does. Not to mention possible hardware failure and/or the noise 
that some of the old fans might make.
The best place for an old PC is donate it to some reuse/recycling entity...

Cr00zng...