It will not be easy to use all power of such computer. You may install squid and do transparent caching, also you can install xvnc server and use it as desktop computer. usefull to download something with amule, and other very big files ower night.
anyway all such job can be done with PII 350mhz and 128mb of ram there is nothing to tweak in kernel I suppose you already compiled multiple cpu support. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Peppard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:06 PM Subject: [LARTC] Kernel Settings > No problems and no issues, but a question this list would > probably best > answer. > > Does anyone have a link/book they like that gives some advice on kernel > parameters specifically for a router. It's kernel 2.4. > > I have a Sangoma with dual T1's (ppp /w tc load balancing) running wanpipe. > The machine is pretty darn good (dual-hyper-threaded-Xenon-and-4 > Gig-of-ram-and-mirrored-serial-drives etc etc). I'm embarrassed admitting I > have such a nice machine working as a leaf router... and only in forward > mode too. > > Obviously I know a little about iproute2, firewalling and how to compile a > kernel, or it wouldn't work. A link that would let me actually use some of > the machines capabilities though would be helpful. Kernel tweaks to use the > memory better... You probably know better than me. > > I appreciate your expertise and assistance! > > -Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/ > _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/
