Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 16:51:55 +0100 (MET) From: Flemming Jacobsen <fj@schizo.dk.tfs.com> To: luomat@peak.org (Timothy J Luoma) Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lowest end FBSD router machine possible Message-ID: <199711251551.QAA28849@schizo.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: <199711251459.JAA08753@luomat.peak.org> from Timothy J Luoma at "Nov 25, 97 09:59:16 am"
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Hi all, > I am looking to put together a low low end FreeBSD machine to ask > as a ``router'' (is that the right term?) to do what I think it > called `IP-Masquerading' > > Basically I have a cable modem and 2 computers, but only one static > IP. I need the 2 computers to be able to talk to one another (NFS) > and would like to be able to reach the internet through either > machine. > > I have an Ethernet hub (Linksys, 5 port). I also have an extra > Intel EtherExpress ethernet card I'd like to use for the new cheap > machine. > > 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. Regards, Flemming -- Flemming Jacobsen It'll probably say something like "Does not TRW Financial Systems, Inc. compute" or "Inoperative parameters". That's Email: fj@tfs.com what it says when it doesn't know and doesn't Phone: +45 4330 4050 want to admit it. -- Terry Pratchett: Wings
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