Radke Land

Almost a year ago, I volunteered to help set up a couple of IPCop boxes for the purpose of basic firewalling, VPN, and QOS between two sites. I am always leery of building Linux based systems to do the work of embedded devices, since computers (unless you spend extra for them) tend to be less reliable in my experience. One also considers power and moving parts. The end goal was to be able to take any computer with two ethernet ports, and capable of booting from a USB "thumb drive", and turn it into an instant firewall.

Grandpa Floyd, Gabe, Stefani, and Michaela. I'm not sure, but I think Grandpa Floyd is my oldest living relative...someone correct me if I'm wrong, please:)

I got up to see my Grandpa Floyd this month. He lives up in Tower, Minnesota, so it's a long drive! He's my paternal grandfather and he's turning 97 this November!

My brother, Bill, and his daughter Jenna.