On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <dtu...@vianet.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 09:31:14PM +0200, Csanyi Pal wrote: > > I have at my home a small network: > > firewall/gateway: Pentium II Class PC box with 64 MB RAM, 5,1 GB HDD > > server : Pentium IV Class PC box with 2 GB RAM, 60 GB HDD > > desktop : Pentium IV Class PC box with 2 GB RAM, 2 * 320 GB HDD > > > > On all these PC boxes run Debian GNU/Linux: > > firewall/gateway: Etch > > Server : Etch > > desktop : Lenny > > > > The firewall has a buggy hardware and can't to install on it Lenny so > > I decide to buy a new hardware for firewall/gateway. > > Put the drive in another computer, install to that drive, then move the > drive back? > > > I think about that that I could to use the server box as a > > firewall/gateway and the new PC box for the server.. > > > > What is the recommended new hardware for firewall/gateway or for a > > web, mail, file & printer server at a small home network? > > Well, since the PII worked just fine, I think you'll find that any > computer on which you can install Lenny will work for you. I used to > use a 486 with 32 MB ram but Etch couldn't install on it. It runs > OpenBSD very well. > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > You can get a Pentium 4 for less than $200 on ebay. I use a Pentium 4 HT, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD with Pfsense(FreeBSD) as my home firewall/router, and it's very reliable. -- "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente servidas"
