Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:19:05 +0100 (BST) From: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk> To: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Routers - hardware received wisdom Message-ID: <199609181019.LAA26906@guava.blueberry.co.uk>
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Hi, I'm going to be requiring two network routers, and since FreeBSD is more than capable of the task, I figured I'd go for the cheap 486 option. One of these routers will be sat between a 2Mb/s leased line and a 10Mb/s ethernet, and the other will be between 2 10Mb/s ethernets. As far as I can tell, FreeBSD 2.1.5, a PCI based 66MHz 486DX with 16MB RAM and 2 DC201040 PCI network cards should be sufficient. But can I drop it any lower than that? Would the boxes be fine with 8MB RAM? What about 33MHz machines? Basically, I want to get this done on the lowest spec possible, because if I don't, I know that someone will say "Hey, those machines aren't doing much, can we run J. Random application on them as well?", and on the whole, I don't want that. I've hunted the mailing lists, and haven't seen anything that's that specific on this topic. Cheers, N -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry Design ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ Somedays, I wonder why I even bother chewing through the straps. ]ENTP
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