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By  Graham Morrison  from PC Plus Issue 272  December 27th 2012 6TYNSQTB8F4K Use that old machine gathering dust to improve your home network The latest, most expensive routers include so many facilities you'd be forgiven for thinking they're more like PCs than tools for networking. This thought should lead you to wonder if you can use a regular PC to do the same thing. The answer, thanks to Linux, is that you can - and it's very easy. There are many different Linux distributions designed specifically to turn your machine into a router or a gateway, complete with any number of enhancements. Our favourite is called ClearOS. It's a fantastic choice of router for your network because it's relatively painless to configure, but it's also extendible, taking it far beyond even the most ambitious devices from manufacturers like Netgear. You could use it to host your cloud documents, complete with editing, host and access your email, either through a web interface or se...

By  Graham Morrison  from PC Plus Issue 272  December 27th 2012 Use that old machine gathering dust to improve your home network The latest, most expensive routers include so many facilities you'd be forgiven for thinking they're more like PCs than tools for networking. This thought should lead you to wonder if you can use a regular PC to do the same thing. The answer, thanks to Linux, is that you can - and it's very easy. There are many different Linux distributions designed specifically to turn your machine into a router or a gateway, complete with any number of enhancements. Our favourite is called ClearOS. It's a fantastic choice of router for your network because it's relatively painless to configure, but it's also extendible, taking it far beyond even the most ambitious devices from manufacturers like Netgear. You could use it to host your cloud documents, complete with editing, host and access your email, either through a web interface or server, as well ...