From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 22 12:37:43 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9400F16A41B for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:37:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6816313C47E for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:37:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from b.movaqar@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id m33so175916wag for ; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:37:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=thIGWqzc5YMc+ed1Jl91KTbnqGqK8SKWnaqz6iing5Y60ZyNaTZdLJVIUgshOG0S/yYUNSOJMy7I8/t37fltyRDGfkHCQqEskx/oRZgX7Xjs+owswaifXDExw5lNQqGgtdcIOTvyxMH6lx9gsqgP0OW1k26cKGltuck0O0PtO9w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=MV9AM0P5b4kRaY5HsUILSGC1VPpCaSHLZzvh19mxWNoJj08T8U1FTpTRk2CtnPOmpxTxTbUoRyfIPtDt/tiF1r98G8a8fxAug/RwER1qb85GnB9rd7med9LrGLwwSSZIajtM/R1I92C7LgAgjodzFjlzB9DMCEl62SDHz2p+oz4= Received: by 10.114.166.1 with SMTP id o1mr624868wae.1187786262778; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:37:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.132.13 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:37:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <6d62f69a0708220537rc5ee1an6ae8b50d3abd1b3b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:07:42 +0330 From: "Bahman M." To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <6d62f69a0708210350r75c1a0ach395e9f481df07f2b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <6d62f69a0708210302h57c45e63nb08999b2ad03b831@mail.gmail.com> <20070821101607.GA3819@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <6d62f69a0708210350r75c1a0ach395e9f481df07f2b@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Minimal gateway hardware configuration X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:37:43 -0000 One other question -a bit silly: If I use that configuration as the gateway, can it be left on and working 24x7? I mean, regarding the _hardware_, how often does it need to be powered off: once a day, once a week, ... to prevent hardware failures such as HDD crash? Bahman On 8/21/07, Bahman M. wrote: > > Note: You need two LAN cards: One for the outside connection and one > > to your internal network. (You probably already know that, but since you > > referred to 'LAN Card' in the singular I thought I should mention it > > anyway.) > > > Yes, the machine has 2 D-Link cards. > > > More than enough. > > > > I use a Pentium I @ 133MHz w/ 64MB RAM as a gateway with a faster Internet > > connection (8Mbps down / 1Mbps up) and it has no problem keeping up. > > > > Earlier I had only 512 Kbps connection, and at that time used a 386sx @ > > 33MHZ w/ 8MB RAM as gateway. It had no problem handling that speed. > > > Then my configuration is not minimal I'd say :-) > Thanks. > > Bahman >