K.I.S. Router - FreeSCO

If there's one thing that most people love is the K.I.S. principle (most refer to it as K.I.S.S.)

Keep It Simple or Keep It Simple Stupid.

Today's note is on a simple router solution.

FREESCO is a floppy-based linux router that works pretty well. Considering the features that it has and the add-ons available for it, it's worth trying if you have an old PC lying around with 2 NICs available.

Being floppy-based does not mean it can only be installed and run on a floppy. There's a procedure that allows you to install it to a harddrive either on a FAT or an EXT2 partition.

* NOTE: For EXT2 installs you will need to download the EXT2 add-on (available from the 'Add-on packages' menu seen here.)

All-in all, it's a pretty neat product. It's latest stable version is 0.4.2 and you can get more info here.