I was referring to hardware SLA. This is just a guess, but I don't think anyone offers warranty service on PIII processor based systems these days, far less than a 486 based systems. _____
From: Matthew Mackes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 3, 2007 11:28 AM To: Ansar Mohammed Cc: 'Toronto Asterisk UG' Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] What firewall devices do you recommend for Small business Some feel as you. If your business runs IT via Consultants and Outsourcing, then yes, devices with SLA are the ticket. I would recommend a Cisco PIX. But the outsourcing methodology isn't necessarily the standard. It is perfectly acceptable to build firewalls in house, and if one fails, build a second. To be perfectly honest, if your organization finds hardware with SLA a must, Why not install a Cisco Call Manager, or a Nortel? No Fuss, No muss, and a contract? Matt Ansar Mohammed wrote: 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] -- Matthew Mackes Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delta Sonic Car Wash Systems, Corporate Headquarters Buffalo, New York
