From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 7 10:55:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6738D16A4CE for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:55:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.mailbox.co.uk (smtp.mailbox.co.uk [195.82.125.32]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36E9543D67 for ; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 10:55:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wayne@penguinpowered.org) Received: from [212.18.250.170] (helo=marvin.penguinpowered.org) by smtp.mailbox.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1AeIpy-0003i8-00; Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:55:26 +0000 Received: by marvin.penguinpowered.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 186DE56446; Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:56:50 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 18:56:50 +0000 From: Wayne Pascoe To: Francisco Message-ID: <20040107185650.GA6981@marvin.penguinpowered.org> References: <20040107173058.GB6217@marvin.penguinpowered.org> <20040107133431.E52808@zoraida.natserv.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040107133431.E52808@zoraida.natserv.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-System: FreeBSD i386 with kernel 5.1-RELEASE-p10 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware requirements for firewall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 18:55:28 -0000 On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:36:25PM +0000, Francisco wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > > > Pentium III 667 Mhz with 512MB RAM > > 2 x Intel EtherExpress 100Mb cards > .... > > Would either of these machines be able to meet my firewall requirements > > > Why not just try it? Because it's a commercial hosting operation pushing up to 20Mb/s with SLA's to our clients. My biggest fear is not that this won't work, but that it will work but with intermittant bugs. Any performance loss will cost us money and I'm just trying to do a bit of research before leaping in :) -- Wayne Pascoe You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem. (Edwards' Law)