actually if you ahve enough memory in that 386sx/25 it would stand a fair
chance of dealing with a 1.5Mb DSL line.
try it sometime you may very well be surprised.
David Lang
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, mouss wrote:
> Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 21:22:57 +0200
> From: mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Darich Runyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 'David Lang' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Steven Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andrew Raphael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Re[2]: Need advice regarding Linux or Windows firewalls
>
>
> I was not encouraging people to buy the most expensive hardware.
> My meaning was that one should use a machine that doesn't slow the network.
> I've made this reply to "use your slowest... machine" advice. I have a
> 386SX25 just at
> my feet here. I'll never use it as a FW. [Well, Apparently Andrew was
> meaning to hurry
> the guy but now it's too late, the thread gots in:]
>
> To be more precise, I'd select the machine among those depending on the
> machines
> usage! I prefer to have a fast FW and a slow machine that's seldom used...
>
> Also, the connection speed is not the only factor. The number of hosts, the
> number of
> simultaneous connections, .... etc. Also, logging uses both storage and
> CPU, ...
>
> BTW. I'm amazed that so many people are happy with their network speed.
> Since the "explosion" of the internet, I find it too slow (oh those old
> times...)
>
>
> cheers,
> mouss
>
>
> At 13:58 29/03/01 -0800, Darich Runyan wrote:
> >I'm running an OpenBSD FW on an old Sparc 5/110 with a 10 Mb connection. No
> >problems.
>
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