On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 05:40:47AM -0700, Turnpike Man wrote: > 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.
Thanks all for the replies. The memory issue was mentioned several times. What I recall about this machine is that extra memory is about as expensive as buying an entire used computer with more memory. I have a slower computer with more memory. What would be the better choice? 1. P5-133 16MB 2. P5-75 32MB I totally forgot about the VPN connection. I do use a VPN for about 5 minutes per week. I just tested it with a dial-up and it works fine. Looks like I can avoid supporting VPNoLAN for now. I like the BSD suggestion and I'd like to think that I'm not a chicken shit for avoiding it for so long even though I am security paranoid. Is BSD friendly to old computers that cannot boot from CD? > > 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 -- 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
