But seriously folks.... 1. it doesn't matter if you only *need* a 486 with 16MB of RAM. The fact is that if you are setting this up for anything other than a home network, you should use hardware that is under warranty and under some form of an sla. i.e. it should be supportable.
2. there are a lots of linux/bsd based firewall options, pf, ipf, iptables and there are even more distros and web UIs that dumb down the configuration. However, the best UI's don't expose all the configuration options. I had some serious IP fragmenting issues with a Bell DSL connection that could only be resolved by a very obscure switch in the config file for PF. Choose ONE solution, bypass the pretty UI, and LEARN to use the bloody config file. > -----Original Message----- > From: Duane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: November 3, 2007 1:55 AM > To: Toronto Asterisk UG > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] What firewall devices do you recommend for > Small business > > Matthew Mackes wrote: > > > Depending on the amount of traffic you are planing on passing, I would > > bet an older PIII with 128 of RAM, and a 2 GB Harddisk will do very > nicely. > > Actually most people wouldn't exceed the capacity of a 486 with 16M of > ram, and a lot of Cisco routers have 486 or 386 or older chips from > memory. > > -- > > Best regards, > Duane > > http://www.freeauth.org - Enterprise Two Factor Authentication > http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally > http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom > http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP > > "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, > but the optimist has a better time on the trip." > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
