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Date:      Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:40:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com>
To:        Doug Poland <djp@polands.org>
Cc:        Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Bare minimum requirements for FreeBSD installation
Message-ID:  <20021001173816.U11968-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021002002746.GA62914@galilee.polands.org>

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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Doug Poland wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:22:34PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote:
> > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Doug Poland wrote:
> > > Liquid said:
> > > > Hey everyone.  A family member asked me to setup a gateway in his
> > > > house so that the internet can be shared between a couple of
> > > > tenants.  I realize it can be very easily done using a router, but
> > > > I have this 486dx2 50mhz at home with 8mb ram.  It has a 300mb and
> > > > 640mb hd in it too.  If I only wish to run a simple router setup
> > > > using ipfilter and ipnat, will it run FreeBSD? The only other
> > > > services running being ssh and perhaps ftp and I couldn't care
> > > > less about how fast it runs, as long as it "does its job"
> > > > adequately.  One other thing, seeing as it'll be sharing PPPoE
> > > > adsl, I'll have PPP running in dedicated mode at all times.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That brings the list of stuff running to
> > > > ppp -d
> > > > ftpd (maybe, I might just use the old burn a cdrom and drive over
> > > > method instead)0
> > > > openssh
> > > > ipnat
> > > > ipfilter
> > > >
>
> I started with two 10Mbit hubs but had terrible results when I started adding
> 100Mbit full-duplexing NICS on some servers.  I "splurged" and bought a 16-port
> 10/100 switch (the best $150US I've ever spent) and never looked back.
>

If you'd rather spend $30 and get something you know will work, you might
consider refurbished netgear products (refurbished, but I've never had a
problem...) from returnbuy.com ... For instance, you can get a decent
router for $19.99 (search for rt311).

- Jeff



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