Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:11:03 +0200 From: bsd@perimeter.co.za To: Redmond Militante <r-militante@northwestern.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help in setting up a demilitarized zone Message-ID: <courier.3E281D07.0000E696@perimeter.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20030117143601.GA2181@darkpossum> References: <20030117143601.GA2181@darkpossum>
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Redmond Militante writes: > hi all > > this gateway box is an dell optiplex gx150 pIII 930 mhz > with 128 mb of ram, 2 nics > > i would like this gateway box to protect our webserver, > our mysql server, and possibly another webserver. > our webserver is a dual xeon dell poweredge 1650 with 2 gig of ram, > it gets sometimes more than 100000 hits a day, > and is hooked up to a t100 line. > > will my little optiplex gateway box be able to keep up > with a webserver that's this busy? A PIII 930 can handle a LOT of traffic! All it is doing is shuffling packets - it should be ample for your needs! And it has plenty RAM too. > i know i at least have to replace the 3com 3c905b card on it, > as i'm pretty sure that that type of nic can't even handle a > t100 connection. For a DMZ you need 3 NICs. You have an Intel NIC on-board(?), so why not put 2 more new intel NICS in free PCI slots, and then you will be set. > but - is the computer itself fast enough? Plenty IMHO. Regards, Patrick O'Reilly. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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