From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Aug 19 22:18:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19737 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:18:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com ([203.8.14.118]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA19710 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:18:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.hilink.com.au [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00599; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:15:58 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808192215.WAA00599@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Malartre cc: Andrzej Bialecki , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: PicoBSD 0.4 is out! In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:38:12 -0400." <35DB7E04.BBFB44A@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:15:58 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Andrzej Bialecki wrote: > > > * 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 > > 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