From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 12 20: 1:29 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64B6537B401 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 20:01:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jtm63@enteract.com) Received: from jamestown.21stcentury.net (24-148-62-220.na.21stcentury.net [24.148.62.220]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C8477CE0; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 22:01:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from jtm@localhost) by jamestown.21stcentury.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f7D2xrF14324; Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:59:53 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from jtm63@enteract.com) X-Authentication-Warning: jamestown.21stcentury.net: jtm set sender to jtm63@enteract.com using -f To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Len Conrad , David Deaven Subject: Re: BSD as Router and Firewall References: <200108010349.f713nX002238@tabby.charles> From: James McNaughton Date: 12 Aug 2001 21:59:53 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200108010349.f713nX002238@tabby.charles> Message-ID: <863d6wpsuu.fsf@localhost.21stcentury.net> Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG David Deaven writes: > I can vouch for the fact that even an old dx66 486 works well in > this application. I found my "router" lying by the side of the > road, abandoned as ... That's exactly the configuration I just setup (although I paid for the 486 years ago). I used ipfw and natd and during the heaviest downloads the cpu is very lightly loaded ( like 0.3 ) with top only reporting a maximum of 6% of cpu used by natd. So I decided to load it up more with a printer, fax, MySQL, and named (following the instructions for a caching only nameserver in Greg Lehey's book). It's working out fine and so far still not overloaded. A P-166 Should be able to do so much more if you have the inclination and time. Jim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message