Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:35:52 +0100 (MET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.dk> To: fj@schizo.dk.tfs.com (Flemming Jacobsen) Cc: luomat@peak.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lowest end FBSD router machine possible Message-ID: <199711251735.SAA03012@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <199711251551.QAA28849@schizo.dk.tfs.com> from Flemming Jacobsen at "Nov 25, 97 04:51:55 pm"
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In reply to Flemming Jacobsen who wrote: > > > > I need to know how low-end I can go. 486dx/66? What kind of > > additional hardware? > > I remember from the time I followed Brent Chapmans firewall > mailing list, that people seemed to agree that a 486dx/66 (with enough > memory to avoid swapping) would do just fine as a firewall for a T1 > connection. > Have a look at: http://www.greatcircle.com/firewalls/ > You'll want a good serial card with a 16550A chip or equivalent. I've done this on a 16Mhz 386sx/4MB for a 64K ISDN line, works like a charm... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end ..
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