FREESCO is base on the linux operating system, open source, stable, inexpensive, easy to use, best of all it is FREE. It is used as an alternative routing product offered by Cisco, 3com, Accend, Nortel etc.
Do It Yourself (DIY) router using a single 1.44 meg floppy disk with FREESCO. You can make used of an old PC and bring them to life again. with FREESCO you can share your internet connection to several computers. It have a built in firewall and NAT to protect you and your network.
You can configure FREESCO to the Following:
* a simple bridge with up to 10 Ethernet segment
* a router with up to 10 Ethernet segments
* a dialup line router
* a leased line router
* an Ethernet router
* a dial-in server with up to 10 modems (with multiport modems).
* a time server
* a dhcp server
* a http server
* a ftp server
* a dns server
* a ssh server
* a print server (requires TCP/IP printing client software)
FREESCO download page click here