On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Mark Plowman wrote:
> I have recently been encouraging my less Linux-centric colleagues to
> use LEAF as a fire-wall for their personal dial-up/cable/ADSL Internet
> connections, having done the same with the company ISDN and ADSL
> connections.
>
> Yesterday the trainee expressed interest, explained that he had cable
> access and asked about the hardware requirements. I explained that
> almost anything he could lay his hands on would be sufficient and he
> then asked "but wouldn't that (a 386) perform *too* slowly?". I
> reassured him that that would be OK and sent him off after an
> introductory talk about LEAF with both an Eigerstien and a Dachstein
> floppy.
>
> Once at home I decided to put my "money where my mouth was" and
> *downgraded* my 486 DX2-80 with a 386 SX-33! I had to (of course)
> replace the kernel on my ISDN Eigerstien with a non-FPU example, but
> it all works a treat! What I do notice is that during start-up the
> unpacking of the Linux Kernel and initial ram disk images take an
> *age*!
I found that there is a lower limit... the performance of a 386-33
on a pppoe setup was significantly lower than no router. However, for
static routing it should be okay, and almost any true 486 should keep up
with pppoe.
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