Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 04:33:22 -0500 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <hornback@wireco.net> To: "Andrew Hesford" <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: What name brand would you buy for a firewall/router ? Message-ID: <002b01c0b1e9$f9000bc0$0e00000a@tomcat> In-Reply-To: <20010321023708.A4459@cec.wustl.edu>
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Andrew, That's not too uncommon a practice (i.e. not putting fans on early Pentiums). I've worked on a number of Packard Bell systems (including those up to 133 MHz) and the early ones did not have fans on the heatsinks, but they did have fans blowing across the heatsinks. And why are ISA cards so "evil"? Remember, you're talking to the guy looking for an EISA 10/100 for his file server... *Grins* As far as PCI NICs go, I'm telling you... the SMC 9432TX is the best card I've ever worked with. *stands proudly atop a pile of RMA'd 3Com PCI NICs* --- Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew Hesford > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 3:37 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Andrew Hesford; John Telford; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: What name brand would you buy for a firewall/router ? > > > Yes, I imagine a 486 would do just fine. The trouble is, the only spare > 486 I have lying around requires ISA network cards, which I don't have, > and don't care to buy. With PCI cards, I can always pull them later and > plug them into modern machines. But my desktop doesn't even have an ISA > slot. > > About fans: maybe it's taboo, but I run my P90 with no fan, and I've > never had trouble. It's been up for months on end, and always remains > cool to the touch. I guess if I'm wrong, and someday it melts, I've just > blown $100 worth of computer, but hell, I'm willing to take that risk. > The only fan in my router is the power supply fan. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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