"Victor Foulk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:[...]
What I really had hoped to find, was more of an experienced
networking guru's thumb rule equating the number of safeLAN
workstations with the required gateway RAM/Processor; to enable all safeLAN users to experience a minimal network
transaction time roughly equivalent to what they would see
if plugged directly into a really good hub.
Something maybe in the form of:
Proc Speed = X*Users+Y
RAM = W*Users+Z
I don't think _anybody_ can give such a formula. Especially not whithout knowing how much and what kind of traffic your users generate. But as others have said already, good NICs are essential.
As a general rule of thumb, I won't put FreeBSD on anything smaller than a 1Ghz with 128M of RAM and 4G of disk space. While you can get away with smaller, that's about the minimum before using the box for maintenance purposes becomes a terrible burdon. Try upgrading and rebuilding world on a 266!
You can always build world remotely. 1GHz seems to be overkill for a router. Just think of energy consumption.
Regards,
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