On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 03:02:28PM +0100, Anders Rosvoldaunet wrote: > Just a simple, yet quite complicated question; will a Pentium MMX 166Mhz > with 32MB of RAM work as a pf-ing bridge between a network with 200 - 250
it really depends how many concurrent connections there are going to be (i.e. states). 32mb may not be enough. see: http://www.kerneltrap.com/node.php?id=477 search for "64mb" for more info on how memory/state table relate. > clients and the Internet? It's running altqd as well. The two NICs used are > high quality; one xl0 and one fxp0 card. high quality & xl don't belong in the same sentence IMHO. this is one of those things were there are so many variables it's hard to say with certainty. try it and find out i suppose. - jolan
