Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 19:53:37 -0600 From: Ed Stover <estover@nativenerds.com> To: S t i n g r a y <fasi_74@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: heavy load proxy+nat server with ipfw ? Message-ID: <42801421.5050800@nativenerds.com> In-Reply-To: <20050509053652.16648.qmail@web51108.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050509053652.16648.qmail@web51108.mail.yahoo.com>
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S t i n g r a y wrote: > i want to replace my microsoft based firewall with a > freebsd based firewall + proxy + NAt server based on > ipfw , with internet users approx upto 800-1000 > simaltanious . i already have the internet link + > hardware to support it , > do you guys think ipfw + squid with freebsd will be > able to handle such loads ? > > > thanks > > > *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Stingray *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ > Yes very much so. At a local college they have over 700 PCs surfing the net constintly through a P3 700Mhz 512MB Ram and 10Gb HDD. The machine is running FreeBSD 4.5, squid, squidGuard, ipfw, natd. Transparent content filtering and nat. Simple sweet and fast...
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