On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 04:34 -0700, Chris Carey wrote: > The Linksys is certainly not the best hardware with 4MB flash and 16MB > RAM. Most all of these routers can be upgraded with a USB port (some > already have it), and support an external ext2/3 filesystem. Of > course, with that USB2.0 port you could attach gigs of persistant > storage. Still, the built-in memory is a restriction.
And CPU. Dan's Guardian is fairly CPU intensive. It's not just URLs and ip addresses that are matched, but content also. There are lots of pros and cons regarding a small linksys vs a normal box. For me the issue isn't so much electricity, but space. I got tired of all my computers around. So I eliminated my big firewall and put in the linksys instead, and I got a new mini-ATX machine that fits inside my desk. And I like the idea that the firewall is diskless. Ideally the firewall should have a 1 gHz processor, 1 gb of RAM, and some significant solid-state storage. If my linksys had all that I'd be set! Michael > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
