> Hi list! > > I'm looking to setup my first Open BSD firewall in the near future, and I > was hoping to get a little feedback from you about ideal specs for a first > time machine. > > Below is a little about my situation. > > I plan to install the firewall physically between my router (Apple Time > Capsule) and my ADSL 2+ Modem so it can filter all traffic sent and > received > to the Internet. > > As I understand it, I will be running pf to filter the traffic on each of > the NIC's installed, and I would like to install an IDS. > Besides this, Ill only really need to run what ever is nesacery to allow a > secure connection to be established to that machine so I can manage it > from > within my network. (Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong, I'm still > learning!) > > I look forward to reading your advice, and I'm happy to provide any > aditional information. > > Tim > >
hi here at my home i have an old portwell appliance with an via ( cyrix ) c3 533 Mhz cpu and 5 ethernet ports , + 2 pci slots ( one for my wlan 54MBit ). boot by serial port . checkout http://www.portwell.com/products/detail.asp?CUSTCHAR1=NAD-2075 is similar but little bit new then my i run a dsl 18 Mbit line with it and as configure 1 eth port for dsl ( wan ) and eth ports 4 for a bridge ,as switch replacement :) power consum are 15 until 16 W . i bought it by ebay for 50 euro. holger
