As far as a packetfilter/bridge/router no sweat. If you intend on doing something such as running a web based mail server then it's a totally different issue. My ppro 200 when i'm connected using imp via imap the idle drops to maybe 20% and it's slow as anything. Also, wrapping webpages w/ ssl makes the load incredibly high. As far as just running http and sendmail though, it's not a problem. Then again using your box only for filtering is probably a better idea anyway :-)
James Quoting Adam Getchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anders, > > A data point: > > I helped someone set up on OpenBSD 3.1-current a Pentium 200 with 32MB of > RAM to filter 150+ Windows workstations on our University's LAN with a > typical 20 line ruleset, and the box hasn't dropped below 94% idle even with > clients simultaneously downloading Windows service packs. > > They had to get a new switch, because the router couldn't deal with that > many addresses on one VLAN, but the box didn't break a sweat. > > This also had the effect of freezing in place an ongoing break-in. > > I've seen other University colleagues deploy and then throw away several > thousand dollar vendor firewall/switches, because they couldn't get them to > work properly even after extended "vendor support", and the failures kept > freezing their network until their department chairs said "Enough!". > > --Adam > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anders Rosvoldaunet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:02 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Short question > > > > > > 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 > > clients and the Internet? It's running altqd as well. The two > > NICs used are > > high quality; one xl0 and one fxp0 card. > > > > --- > > Anders Rosvoldaunet > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >
