Gustin, Hendrik, everybody... Thanks for your suggestions. IPCop is starting to sound like a solution...
Thanks again. Shane On Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:29:47 -0600, Hendrik Schaink wrote > The processing requirements for 20 users on an 8-port home-style router > with integrated firewall/nat would stretch any such little boadband > appliance well beyond it's limits. > > My suggestion would be to setup a dedicated IPCOP firewall IPCop machine > with min 500MHZ CPU and min 256MB RAM to serve 20 concurrent internet > sessions with room to spare. Use any number of switches to deliver > ethernet from this machine to your 20 clients. > > Caution: just be aware that both Shaw and Telus serve up broadband > service using 10/100 network hardware, so if 10 users werer to try > and download big files at the same time, that will cause a > bottleneck in throughput and major slow-downs for everyone. You > _might_ get around that by hooking 2 or more broadband/firewall > routers directly to the cable modem so each router would get a > separate IP address, however, that would not get past the caution at > the start of this section. > > HTH, Hendrik Schaink > > shane wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I wonder what the group would suggest for a router that meets the following > > specs: > > > > --up to 20 ethernet clients > > --port forwarding > > --NAT > > --Firewall > > --Easy configuration/use, http control panel > > -- VPN, QOS, Traffic Shaping, etc not required > > --128 MB ram + > > > > My current router seems to get swamped at certain times of day. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Shane > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > -- > Hendrik M. Schaink > Chief Consultant > > "Integrated Business Solutions & Dependable Service" > > InfoVision Consulting > Calgary, Alberta, Canada > Phone: (403) 239-0099 > > "The Vision: We are the partners of choice for companies and > organizations that share our commitment to creating a world > that is truly wise, courageous, prosperous, innovative, > inclusive, sustainable and humane." --Ruben Nelson > > GPG Fingerprint: 1371 0927 8C3C 831F A838 C312 68BC F5DB 010D F3D7 > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
