gateway

[c_owl]

hi all
im wanting to setup a gateway so i can see what is coming in and out on my network..
i want to be able to throttle ips aswell..
i have a 20mb virgin connection with a n grade router wirless..
i dont want anything going in or out of my router without me knowing a about it..
im wanting to use ms server or xp as the os

im not sure were a to start so any help would be great

 

[c_owl]

hi
i have a spare server and was thinking of setting it up as a gateway..
do you know of any website for step by step help

regards

 

[c_owl]

hi eveyone.
i have installed a fresh copy of server 2008 and wireless dongle installed and 2 nics installed for trough ports to gigabit switches.
ive been trying now for 4 days to get the server so run as a router and log everything coming and going but no look..
im needing somthing like a router running server 2008 but i cant find anything that will help me in my quest...
im pretty new to server roles and only been using server for about 6months(step by step help please). but i learn fast and want to learn
i need to use server 2008 in this project as i want to learn as much as i can about how server 2008 works and runs

 

[c_owl]

by using server 2008 i thought of adding ftp, iis, sql and vpn.

and i love using server 2008 i want to see what else it can do. thanks for the wirshark looks interesting
ps

im needing to setup a ssid for the wlan part on the os