Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 19:21:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Kerr <mkerr@kerris.com> To: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Minimal configuration for a home modem server/gateway? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960816191817.6925A-100000@lugh.kerris.com> In-Reply-To: <m0urVx5-000QYDC@main.statsci.com>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 1996, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > So, minimum qualifications would include the ability to drive one or maybe > two modems at normal high speed (which I guess, these days, would mean > 57.6K or 115.2K) and a cost that fairly closely approximates zero > dollars. It would also need a cheap networking (I've got a combo [TP & > > If I want to do this, my choices are to install NetBSD on an oldish Amiga > or to scrounge an el-cheapo PC to put FreeBSD on. So my question for this > list would be along the lines of what you would consider to be a minimal > hardware configuration (386 or 486; RAM; disk space; whatever) for this > kind of system. I am currently running a 386/40 with 8M RAM and a 200M hard drive. I am having no problems with mail, etc. With two modems stuck in it, then I'd imagine you'd have better performance than I. Running a POP server off it through an ethernet shouldn't put too much of a load on it. However, I'm not sure about how much of a resource hog Samba is. Mike.
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