On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 06:38:49PM +0800, Luie delos Santos wrote: > hello all, > > I'm about to setup a firewall/gateway/proxy server (squid?) that would service our >LAN of 50 computers. > I have a Pentium 166, 32MB RAM, 1.7G HDD. > Is this harware spec enough?
Not enough if you will run squid or ipmasq, or pppoe. Squid has a big job if your people use the internet at all, and new hardware is so cheap, why cramp yourself at the start. > Is squid the best choice? > What would you recommend? A *new* machine of the best quality you can afford, preferably with *NO* ISA slots. It will be more reliable, faster to work with, give you room to grow, etc. Get good ethernet cards too. -- Jan Carlson janc at kubwa dot com _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
