Configuring a FREESCO router/firewall

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Information kindly provided by Bill Hely.

Freesco (http://www.freesco.org) is an excellent and well supported single-floppy Linux Firewall/Router O/S that will run on any hardware from a 386sx and up (486 or newer recommended), with 8Mb RAM minimum.
Optional HDD installation allows the use of large packages and add-ons, of which there are many available. Freesco is syslog-enabled and requires only one minor file edit to work with the Kiwi Syslog Daemon.

·	Login at the Freesco PC as root

·	At the [Linux] prompt, type: edit /boot/etc/syslog.cfg

(The existing syslog.cfg file will be displayed. Note that in this file a TAB is represented as a vertical bar that looks like an upper-case "I" for India.)

·	At the very bottom of the existing file, on a line by itself, add the entry: *.*[press the TAB key]@192.168.1.20

(Where the IP address is that of the Windows computer running the Kiwi Syslog Daemon. Note the "@" symbol immediately preceding the IP address.)

·	Press the Enter key to ensure there is a blank line at the very bottom of the file.

·	Press Alt-S to save the modified file, then Alt-X to exit the editor.

·	Pressing F1 will list other available command keys.

·	Restart the Freesco computer to put the changes into effect.