On Wed, 2 Jun 2004, Mike M wrote: > 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.
Maybe if you buy retail. Give Bruce Smith an email. He isn't very active in TriLUG anymore but probably has what you're after very inexpensively. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > What would be the better choice? > 1. P5-133 16MB > 2. P5-75 32MB For strictly a router/firewall? I'd go for more the 75MHz box. > 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? Absolutely. Installing over the Internet, I got OpenBSD 3.5 installed on a 1GHz celeron in about 15 minutes. It will take a little longer on an older system, but no more than 30 minutes on a broadband connection. You can boot it from floppy, CD, PXE, tape... it's pretty flexible and the various boot methods are well documented. > > > > 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 > > -- 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
