From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 25 09:35:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA00989 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:35:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA00984 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:35:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03012; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:35:52 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199711251735.SAA03012@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: lowest end FBSD router machine possible In-Reply-To: <199711251551.QAA28849@schizo.dk.tfs.com> from Flemming Jacobsen at "Nov 25, 97 04:51:55 pm" To: fj@schizo.dk.tfs.com (Flemming Jacobsen) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 18:35:52 +0100 (MET) Cc: luomat@peak.org, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.dk X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Flemming Jacobsen who wrote: > > > > I need to know how low-end I can go. 486dx/66? What kind of > > additional hardware? > > I remember from the time I followed Brent Chapmans firewall > mailing list, that people seemed to agree that a 486dx/66 (with enough > memory to avoid swapping) would do just fine as a firewall for a T1 > connection. > Have a look at: http://www.greatcircle.com/firewalls/ > You'll want a good serial card with a 16550A chip or equivalent. I've done this on a 16Mhz 386sx/4MB for a 64K ISDN line, works like a charm... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end ..