On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 01:24:35PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello > > I am going to follow the advice of the group and build my home network using > a Linux firewall box. I need to get an idea as to what would be the minimum > CPU speed needed, memory needed and disk space needed for such a box. I have > a few older Compaq PC's that might fit the bill. I am not interested in > building a development station. This box would be connected to the cable > modem and the computers in the house would be connected to the linux box by > either a hub, switch or router (to be determined). >
Whose advice was that? IIRC the recommendation was to buy a firewall/router UNLESS you either needed really fine-grain rules OR wanted to leatn how a Linux firewall works. I've done both, and while I am grateful for the experience before, I'm equally grateful for the convenience now. FWIW, it was a 2-slot 486 w/ 16 M RAM. -- Lan Barnes Linux Guy, SCM Specialist Tcl/Tk Enthusiast In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own. - Thomas Jefferson, letter to Horatio G. Spafford, March 17, 1814 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
