> Install/configure with > linux will take a few hours to days of > optimization & performance tweaking.
No offense but you must be a iptables newbie or maybe just lazy to read docs??? ;) Installing/configuring Linux only takes 30mins or less. > I know. As a Linux user, i started with a > pentium 133 as my firewall. It all works fine > except that the significant other half noticed > that MSN messenger voice does not work (upnp > support) and CounterStrike is slow. MSN messenger didn't worked for you, even CS? Its the way how you configure your rules. you might have forgot to install patch like H.323 or the likes. > I can buy a > hardware solution that exceeds my requirements, > all for an hour of work at the office. Consider people who can't afford to buy hardware. > You must be new here... You're not a keen observer. > ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: [plug] hardware firewall > > Why choose a hardware firewall when software can > > do that for you. Opensource > > from linux is the best firewall i still have. > > Because I chose to. Hagibis already mentions the > reasons, and would also add physical space > requirements and time. Install/configure with > linux will take a few hours to days of > optimization & performance tweaking. I can buy a > hardware solution that exceeds my requirements, > all for an hour of work at the office. > > > You can actually convert a 486 > > machine into a firewall/router hardware with > > strong/secured firewall rules - > > of course with special features not mentioned in > > the hardware firewall. This > > is if you're cutting cost ;-) > > I know. As a Linux user, i started with a > pentium 133 as my firewall. It all works fine > except that the significant other half noticed > that MSN messenger voice does not work (upnp > support) and CounterStrike is slow. > > > drop me some email dude. > > You must be new here... > No offence, just an observation. :) > > regards, > Andre Varon > http://andre.lasaltech.com > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
