I have a 386 handling 500 k /s transfers fine. It is used at home. It has 8 megs of ram and a 386 sx 25 cpu. Only problem is one of the ethernet cards is a little too old.
you may want to look at www.linuxrouter.org Charles www.theverge.com On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, D'jinnie wrote: > [please Cc: me with your replies] > Well, I've finally convinced my boss to take Linux seriously and get a > firewall (since the University I attend and work for, that shall remain > nameless, does not have one). She asked me a question that rather floored > me - if we get an older PC to just be a dedicated firewall machine, what > are the min. system requirements for it not to slow anything down? I > wasn't sure how to answer that, although I think pretty much anything > above a 486 with an acceptable amount of RAM will do...this will be for a > department, several NT servers, 2 Solaris boxes, other assorted stuff. Any > help, pointers, URLs, etc would be appreciated! > > --- > Hlade's Law: > If you have a difficult task, give it to a lazy person -- they > will find an easier way to do it. > > D'jinnie/Jinn, encountered on IRC and select MU**. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP public key > ICQ #28708130 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
