How many connections are you servicing? Are you going to be doing encryption or VPN connections?
For my home setup, I have an AMD 166 w/ 256MB ram, intel dual port pro 100mbit nic... there are no issues, runs RH linux and iptables on a minimal install. David M. --- Mike M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is a P5-133Mhz with 16MB sufficient for implementing a secure router? > It needs to replace a Linksys appliance in terms of performance. > > I have 2 each rtl8139 NICs for the box but I could get Intel or 3Com > NICs if that is necessary to meet performance requirements. > > TIA, > -- > Mike > > Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
