Re: [PLUG] Easiest QoS/Router/Connection-trunking distro at this point?

[brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

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On 07/05/2014 10:23 PM, Keith C. Perry wrote:
> This probably isn't the "easy" solution but for a number of years I
> used to keep hardware around to build spare routers running the
> Slax live CD.  Its a variant of Slackware.  He could store the
> routing and any other config data on the internal hard drive and
> call them from there.  If this person is not familiar with Linux
> this would probably be too much for him.  If they are then I'll add
> that you could also re-author the iso and a create permanent router
> image :)
> 
> http://www.slax.org/
> 
> I still keep a CD with me for when my usb flash or hd drives don't
> boot.  Slax or Backtrack (which a security distro but I find its
> well suited to building routers and network security nodes).
> 
> 

Slax would definitely be overkill, I should think. Not that I don't
agree with you- I use Arch on my dedicated firewalls (and OpenWRT on
my embedded stuff/wifi APs), but I enjoy having that level of control.
Might be a bit daunting of a setup for someone looking for a dedicated
routing distro. There used to be a liveCD distro specifically for
routers, and specifically intended to be run in RAM... but I can't
recall which it is now.

Oh! I forgot one-
http://www.ipcop.org/index.php
Fairly popular, but I doubt it supports bonding or QoS pairing of two
different WANs. At least through the GUI.

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