Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 19:08:32 +1000 From: Steven Honson <shonson@planetquake.com> To: Mark Hartley <mark@whetstonelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Internet gateway/router machine Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990915190832.007c5100@mail.planetquake.com> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19990914092244.10d79ad0@mail.whetstonelogic.com>
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It should be fine, I use a 386/33 with 8mb ram as my gateway to the net for 5 machines over a 56k link, and have no problems what so ever, you could prob get away with running a caching nameserver on the same machine as well. -Steven At 12:22 PM 9/14/99 -0400, you wrote: >I am wanting to set up an old machine for my wife's parents with FreeBSD to >act as an internet (ppp) gateway for their small (2 workstation) network. >I've got one working perfectly serving my home network. My question is, >would their old 386sx-20 with 8MB ram be able to handle 2 Win 95 boxes >pulling traffic through it? I would put an internal 56K modem in the >machine. I know I can install FreeeBSD on the machine, but would it be a >bottleneck for them? I personally am using an old Pentium as my gateway, >but I don't have any more of them lying around. Will a 386 be able to >handle it, or should I try to scrounge up a cheap 486 or Pentium? > >Thanks. > >Mark. > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --------------------------------------- Steven Honson Internet Technologist & Consultant Taroona High School, Australia shonson@hubbub.ths.tased.edu.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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