Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Jirsa <jeff@unixconsults.com> To: Doug Poland <djp@polands.org> Cc: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Bare minimum requirements for FreeBSD installation Message-ID: <20021001173816.U11968-100000@boris.st.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20021002002746.GA62914@galilee.polands.org>
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On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Doug Poland wrote: > On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:22:34PM -0400, Peter Leftwich wrote: > > On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Doug Poland wrote: > > > Liquid said: > > > > Hey everyone. A family member asked me to setup a gateway in his > > > > house so that the internet can be shared between a couple of > > > > tenants. I realize it can be very easily done using a router, but > > > > I have this 486dx2 50mhz at home with 8mb ram. It has a 300mb and > > > > 640mb hd in it too. If I only wish to run a simple router setup > > > > using ipfilter and ipnat, will it run FreeBSD? The only other > > > > services running being ssh and perhaps ftp and I couldn't care > > > > less about how fast it runs, as long as it "does its job" > > > > adequately. One other thing, seeing as it'll be sharing PPPoE > > > > adsl, I'll have PPP running in dedicated mode at all times. > > > > > > > > > > > > That brings the list of stuff running to > > > > ppp -d > > > > ftpd (maybe, I might just use the old burn a cdrom and drive over > > > > method instead)0 > > > > openssh > > > > ipnat > > > > ipfilter > > > > > > I started with two 10Mbit hubs but had terrible results when I started adding > 100Mbit full-duplexing NICS on some servers. I "splurged" and bought a 16-port > 10/100 switch (the best $150US I've ever spent) and never looked back. > If you'd rather spend $30 and get something you know will work, you might consider refurbished netgear products (refurbished, but I've never had a problem...) from returnbuy.com ... For instance, you can get a decent router for $19.99 (search for rt311). - Jeff -- Jeff Jirsa jeff@unixconsults.com -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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