From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 23 8: 5:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from chintmg9.corp.quakeroats.com (chifw.quakeroats.com [207.122.210.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E9737B6A4 for ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by chintmg9.corp.quakeroats.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.35) id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:08:32 -0600 Message-ID: From: "Thompson, Scott" To: "'freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: firewall for 500MHz internet connection Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 10:08:12 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2652.35) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org i know that this is probably a dumb question, but: what sort of pentium III based-system would allow one to run IPFW and NATD to firewall a 500MHz internet connection? is there a prefered gigabit ethernet card for this? would a 32-bit/33MHz PCI bus do or would i need to go to a higher speed and or width. i am thinking of using an ASUS CUR-DLS, but would a ABIT BX133 do just as well for less money? i only have experience with pentium and 486 based freeebsd systems running 10baseT. this is my first commercial use. thank you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message