From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 16:43:11 2005 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 9080C16A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:43:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ws1.cnweb.com (ws1.cnweb.com [207.91.1.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB68643D1F for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:43:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: (qmail 9542 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2005 16:43:10 -0000 Received: from p245n23.ruraltel.net (HELO darryl) (24.225.23.245) by gibraltarpackaginggroup.com with SMTP; 9 Feb 2005 16:43:10 -0000 From: "Darryl Hoar" To: Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 10:42:51 -0600 Message-ID: <000801c50ec5$a2115c00$0701a8c0@darryl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Firewall throughput question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: darryl@osborne-ind.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:43:11 -0000 Greetings, I have had a Freebsd firewall (Older computer with (1) 3com 10Mb ethernet PCI card, and (1) 3 com 10/100 Mb ethernet PCI card). The firewall croaked on me (motherboard died). As a quick fix, I plugged in a Linksys BEFSX41. My Question is, should I build a new Freebsd firewall or just continue using the Linksys ? Throughput and security are my concern. I can have up to 20 machines on the LAN at one time using the internet, so traffic throughput is a factor. Anyway, my inclination is to build a new freebsd firewall, but don't want to do the work if the Linksys is good enough. Thanks for any ideas or suggestions. -Darryl