Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:15:58 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: PicoBSD 0.4 is out! Message-ID: <199808192215.WAA00599@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:38:12 -0400." <35DB7E04.BBFB44A@aei.ca>
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> Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > <SNIP> > > * There is new type of floppy (router) which is able to provide routing > > services with packet filtering on a 386SX equipped with only 4MB (!) of > > RAM > <SNIP> > I would just like to know how efficient such system is and if a 386 > would do a good job has a router(and a firewall if I understand). > I think to buy some ethernet card for my 386 and my P200 and to protect > the p200 with my 386. If you only have one machine, efficiency is hardly an issue. PicoBSD is certainly more than capable of handling such a scenario. Throughput limitations depend on the level of complexity in your firewall configuration. A small 386 will handle your 'average' firewall config and probably several hundred k/sec of traffic, as a rough guesstimate. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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