Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 17:48:24 -0400 From: David Heller <dheller1@rochester.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: firewall, how much horsepower? Message-ID: <393588A8.35510C94@rochester.rr.com> References: <9f.5b1fdb1.265b3b7a@aol.com>
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Lehquin@aol.com wrote: > > Hi: > > I'm thinking about a network connection to the internet, either ISDN > or DSL router. If I want to setup a firewall using FreeBSD, how much > horsepower does the box need? I'm thinking that it won't need much > power to just pass IP packets back and forth. It will need just need > 2 ethernet cards right? Would a 486 66 w/ pentium upgrade chip and > 64Meg Ram be enough? > > Regardless of the horsepower, what about other services. Can I run > sendmail, and DNS on the same box that's the firewall. How do I > makesure that the "Server Services" are protected behind the firewall > eventhough they are on the same box. Would this mean that the > server services would answer TCP/IP packets only on the ethernet > interface that is on my side of the firewall. > > lehquinn > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Lehquin; I'm using a 486/40Mhz machine (running linux) as a firewall to my FreeBSD machine. And I ran some speed tests on it (ISP is Time Warner Road Runner service) and I got 570Kbits/sec upload and 1670Kbits/sec download which is pretty damn fast at these speeds you could dowmload a entire cdrom in less than an hour. Please no flames about linux!! It was a ton easier to configure my firewall because of dynamic addressing issues with linux. Also keep in mind that Roadrunner limits the bandwidth here in Rottenchester NY. Regards Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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