Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:07:42 +0330 From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minimal gateway hardware configuration Message-ID: <6d62f69a0708220537rc5ee1an6ae8b50d3abd1b3b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6d62f69a0708210350r75c1a0ach395e9f481df07f2b@mail.gmail.com> References: <6d62f69a0708210302h57c45e63nb08999b2ad03b831@mail.gmail.com> <20070821101607.GA3819@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <6d62f69a0708210350r75c1a0ach395e9f481df07f2b@mail.gmail.com>
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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? Bahman On 8/21/07, Bahman M. <b.movaqar@gmail.com> 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 >
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