Building your own combined Router / NAS

[Ice Tea]

There are plenty of guides at Google for building your own Router using an old Computer but i can't find anything that combines the Router with using the HDD as a Network drive.

Anybody know if this can be done ?

 

[Ice Tea]

Thanks i'll look for Samba in the guides.

 

[Ice Tea]

Thanks

I just found this .....

"Single Floppy Router" freesco
http://www.freesco.org/index.php?id=o

Samba addon here
http://uk.freescosoft.net/html/FREESCO/networking.file_sharing.html

And this looks like the sort of Netshare for idiots i need.
tcpnetexch
http://uk.freescosoft.net/html/FREESCO/windows/v0.2.7/tcpnetexch.htm

TCPNETExch is a simple HOST/CLIENT application that allows you to share files across your TCP protocol LAN. No SAMBA - No NETbui - No IPX - No NetBios - No MS stuff - just pure old-fashioned TCP. runs under Windows(9x-00).

 

[Ice Tea]

I'm somewhat ignorant to be honest as i've never done this before and i just assumed a Client/Server share applicaton would be more secure as it would be invisible outside the network unless the software was installed to try and translate the traffic. ?

Will a full install of linux automatically configure the network cards to act like a Router like Freesco and Gnatbox and other linux based single install for idiots ?

 

[Ice Tea]

Thanks

Was hoping for something that had auto configure incase the box needed restarting when i'm not about as i'm not the only person to use the computers and some have only just learnt to copy and paste with the right mouse key let alone edit routing tables

 

[Ice Tea]

thanks

 

[Ice Tea]

I didn't know Windows 2003 could be setup as a Nat Router

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ar...uring-Windows-Server-2003-act-NAT-router.html

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/NAT_Windows_2003_Setup_Configuration.html