The Linux-based router/firewall solution on a single 1,44″ floppy
I successfully built a new VM that will serve as the ADSL router in my virtual lab. As the next step, I needed to configure it with specific parameters for my virtual lab. I will guide you through the configuration process for this scenario.
The good news is that the whole configuration for FloppyFW is stored in only one single file named config. This file is placed in the root of the floppy image file. Continue reading
I keep looking for ways to improve my virtual lab and made it as realistic as possible. Although using Mikrotik routers is enough to build a large infrastructure, it’s not completely accurate with the real world experience – Mikrotik routers always work.
In the real world, we often need to connect a Mikrotik router either directly to other types of devices or even behind an exotic grandma’s home appliance. On the other hand, this is the lab and I don’t need any fancy features in such software. I want to save every megabyte of RAM or disk space on my laptop.
My search was fruitful and I found the perfect candidate – FloppyFW. This is the fully functional Linux-based router/firewall that can fit on a single 1.44” floppy disk.
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