there is that. <smile> sometimes though, those ARM devices can't handle as much as a full blown monster. there are some times where having a slightly more powerful cpu would be handy.
-Eric On Mar 18, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > The only real problem with using this old beastie as a firewall is that it > probably pulls somewhere around 200 watts of power, so you could save a ton > of money very quickly by simply purchasing an ARM or ATOM based computer at > full price and using that for a firewall. It should pay for itself in around > 6 months via it's greatly reduced power usage. > > Brian Cluff > > On 03/18/2011 12:20 AM, Technomage Hawke wrote: >> A PIII 80 Mhz eh? thats a good firewall box.<smile> I have one even >> older than that still operating here (PII 400Mhz 256 MB ram using >> openbsd 4.1). with over 1.5K days in operation, its been very >> reliable. so? if anyone wants a firewall box setup using that old >> server, I can put the OS in place and setup PF for them. >> >> -Eric > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
