From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 17 6:45:24 2003 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 BBA7F37B401 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:45:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu [129.105.51.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81BF43ED8 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:45:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from possum@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu) Received: from darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (554758155d6609e1b7d60745162a3e03@localhost.medill.northwestern.edu [127.0.0.1]) by darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0HEa2cn002200 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:36:02 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from possum@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu) Received: (from possum@localhost) by darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0HEa1VI002199 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:36:01 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:36:01 -0600 From: Redmond Militante To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: need help in setting up a demilitarized zone Message-ID: <20030117143601.GA2181@darkpossum> Reply-To: Redmond Militante Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Sender: redmond@darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu X-URL: http://darkpossum.medill.northwestern.edu/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=1 X-DSS-PGP-Fingerprint: F9E7 AFEA 0209 B164 7F83 E727 5213 FAFA 1511 7836 X-Tofu: The other white meat substitute. 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 --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline hi all so i have my gateway/ipfw/natd machine working, protecting a test client box. this gateway box is an dell optiplex gx150 pIII 930 mhz with 128 mb of ram, 2 nics - one integrated intel pro 1000, the other a really old 3com 3c905b that i pulled out of an old junker computer that we were going to throw out. i would like this gateway box to protect our webserver, our mysql server, and possibly another webserver. our webserver is a dual xeon dell poweredge 1650 with 2 gig of ram, it gets sometimes more than 100000 hits a day, and is hooked up to a t100 line. will my little optiplex gateway box be able to keep up with a webserver that's this busy? i know i at least have to replace the 3com 3c905b card on it, as i'm pretty sure that that type of nic can't even handle a t100 connection. but - is the computer itself fast enough? also - does anyone have any recommendations for a good 4 port hub or switch for this particular purpose? right now i'm using an old netgear en 104tp, which is probably not ideal. thanks again --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+KBTQFNjun16SvHYRAinvAJ99ez1FRnsVcAWJKzTHYLbanGUAJACgsrgZ u/y8frFf+IhUVUeRacx9B3c= =kjLP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YiEDa0DAkWCtVeE4-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message