Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 17:54:05 +0100 From: Hexren <me@hexren.net> To: Darryl Hoar <darryl@osborne-ind.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Firewall throughput question Message-ID: <9314372786.20050209175405@hexren.net> In-Reply-To: <000801c50ec5$a2115c00$0701a8c0@darryl> References: <000801c50ec5$a2115c00$0701a8c0@darryl>
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DH> Greetings, DH> I have had a Freebsd firewall (Older computer with (1) 3com 10Mb DH> ethernet PCI card, and (1) 3 com 10/100 Mb ethernet PCI card). DH> The firewall croaked on me (motherboard died). As a quick fix, DH> I plugged in a Linksys BEFSX41. DH> My Question is, should I build a new Freebsd firewall or just DH> continue using the Linksys ? Throughput and security are my DH> concern. I can have up to 20 machines on the LAN at one time DH> using the internet, so traffic throughput is a factor. DH> Anyway, my inclination is to build a new freebsd firewall, but DH> don't want to do the work if the Linksys is good enough. DH> Thanks for any ideas or suggestions. DH> -Darryl --------------------------------------------- Many people say, the only way to truly answer the "traffic throughput" question is test the firewall you have under life conditions and see if it can handle what the LAN throws at it. As for security, that has imho more to do with setup than with hardware used imho. Get hardware cryptographic accelerators if you need that much and have the money to spent. Hexren
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