I've been testing gnatbox light on an old p90 with 32 meg ram and couple of old dlink cards and I can see no speed difference between it and our Raptor running PII 500 and 256 meg on our T1. Traffic here is light though. Gnatbox light is a great firewall for the home which is where the above is now sitting in front of my home network. Just my 2cents cheers At 06:58 PM 3/29/01 +0000, you wrote: > > I will certainly not use a slow machine as a FW since that would slow > > my own network:) The fact that that would slow an intruder is of no > > use to me. > >Actually, unless you have a way fast Internet connection, or are doing >VPN encryption, you really dont need a ton of CPU. A 486 running a >reasonably effcient OS (like the Gnatbox) will quite handily keep up with >a T1 line. Barry S. Hudson Network Admin, CCNA Fredericksburg Savings Bank www.fsbnk.com Business Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All Other Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email is intended for the addressee only. The material may be privileged and confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by email and delete the original. Thank you. - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
