What I want to do is use an old pc (PII 233 mhz, 128Mb ram, runs puppy nicely. Most other distro's require patience...) as a second 'router off' the wireless metwork.
--- =connected by wire
.... = connected by wireless
Current setup:
ROUTER .... My PC
.... Housemates PC
.... Other Housemates PC
Intended setup:
ROUTER .... Old PC(as router) --- My PC
.... Housemates PC
.... Other Housemates PC
Reasons for this seemingly bizarre setup?
1) I'm a distro/os junkie - Many distro's have automatic setup of internet for a wired link to a dhcp server, but for a wireless link only PCLOS automatically connects (That I've found so far, for my wireless setup - an Rt2500 chipset PCI card) more to the point many distro's need a lot of effort to connect if I ever manage it!
2) I can set up the PII to be completely silent (it runs cool enough not to need it's fan going and using puppy I can disconnect the HD and just boot from CD and run from RAM
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Could a use puppy to set up this old PC as the router and DHCP server? If so how? If not is there any other os anyone could recommend?
Cheers