From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 22 13:19:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438A416A41B for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:19:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C14E513C46E for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:19:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from [83.253.31.60] (port=57307 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1INq74-0005Gl-68 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:19:14 +0200 Received: (qmail 31412 invoked from network); 22 Aug 2007 15:18:45 +0200 Received: from owl.midgard.homeip.net (10.1.5.7) by falcon.midgard.homeip.net with ESMTP; 22 Aug 2007 15:18:45 +0200 Received: (qmail 27157 invoked by uid 1001); 22 Aug 2007 15:18:45 +0200 Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:18:45 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: "Bahman M." Message-ID: <20070822131845.GA27108@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Bahman M." , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <6d62f69a0708210302h57c45e63nb08999b2ad03b831@mail.gmail.com> <20070821101607.GA3819@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <6d62f69a0708210350r75c1a0ach395e9f481df07f2b@mail.gmail.com> <6d62f69a0708220537rc5ee1an6ae8b50d3abd1b3b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6d62f69a0708220537rc5ee1an6ae8b50d3abd1b3b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Originating-IP: 83.253.31.60 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1INq74-0005Gl-68. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp01.sth.basefarm.net 1INq74-0005Gl-68 2cb379ba025a7b4b1984b9ee1bdd46ef Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minimal gateway hardware configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:19:15 -0000 On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 04:07:42PM +0330, Bahman M. wrote: > One other question -a bit silly: > If I use that configuration as the gateway, can it be left on and > working 24x7? I mean, regarding the _hardware_, how often does it need > to be powered off: once a day, once a week, ... to prevent hardware > failures such as HDD crash? As long as it doesn't overheat (and as long as you do not care overly much about increasing the electricity bill) you can pretty much leave it on all the time. > > Bahman > > On 8/21/07, Bahman M. wrote: > > > Note: You need two LAN cards: One for the outside connection and one > > > to your internal network. (You probably already know that, but since you > > > referred to 'LAN Card' in the singular I thought I should mention it > > > anyway.) > > > > > Yes, the machine has 2 D-Link cards. > > > > > More than enough. > > > > > > I use a Pentium I @ 133MHz w/ 64MB RAM as a gateway with a faster Internet > > > connection (8Mbps down / 1Mbps up) and it has no problem keeping up. > > > > > > Earlier I had only 512 Kbps connection, and at that time used a 386sx @ > > > 33MHZ w/ 8MB RAM as gateway. It had no problem handling that speed. > > > > > Then my configuration is not minimal I'd say :-) > > Thanks. > > > > Bahman > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se