On 10/28/05, Forrest Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an old Compaq AP200 (500mhz, maybe 512mb RAM). I think this > would be sufficient for the firewall. > > I admit to some ignorance here. > > In the past, I had this old Dell that was 400mhz. Network throughput > was slower (FreeBSD-4.x). When I put it onto a 2.8ghz box, I noticed a > huge improvement (1gb RAM). > > I could try out PFSense on the Compaq and see what happens. Anyone > have some advice there. I know it's old, and if the motherboard goes, > I'm screwed... but at that point, I'd chuck it into the trash ;-)
You didn't mention the network connections :) On a home connection, that Compaq should be more than adequate (my cable modem is in front of a Soekris net4801 and it just hums along), in a larger bandwidth environment, you'll possibly want a bigger box. You also didn't mention NICs, good PCI NICs will take you a long way. I'd recommend just about anything _other_ than Realtek (and 3com is near the bottom of my list too - they made a couple good cards, but most of them are crap). --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
