Zak,
Which begs another question: what would you guys consider an `old'
system to be useful as a firewall?
The answer is a little bit ackward, for the real real question is not the number of bits per second but rather the number of packets per second the firewall will be subjected to and how complex the rule sets are.
Thus it depends on the application that will pass through the firewall.
So the safe answer is, if you will use an "old" machine as a firewall, chances are, it will perform well considering a 486/66 with a pair of good NICs could filter close to 5Mbps *but* there is no guarantee because of the item I mentioned above.
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