Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:16:07 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Minimal gateway hardware configuration Message-ID: <20070821101607.GA3819@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <6d62f69a0708210302h57c45e63nb08999b2ad03b831@mail.gmail.com> References: <6d62f69a0708210302h57c45e63nb08999b2ad03b831@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 01:32:28PM +0330, Bahman M. wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to setup a small home network therefore I plan to buy an old > (cheap) PC to act as the gateway. The hardware specification is > CPU: Pentium II at 433MHz > RAM: 128MB > HDD: IDE 4GB > LAN Card: D-Link 538FE 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.) > > Internet connection is a slow one below 512Kbps and there is only one > other node than the gateway in the network. > > Is the configuration enough? 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. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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