On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:31:49 +0000, Kenneth Oncinian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer is a little bit ackward, for the real real question is not > the number of bits per second but rather the number of packets per > second the firewall will be subjected to and how complex the rule sets are. > Thus it depends on the application that will pass through the firewall. > > So the safe answer is, if you will use an "old" machine as a firewall, > chances are, it will perform well considering a 486/66 with a pair of > good NICs could filter close to 5Mbps *but* there is no guarantee > because of the item I mentioned above. > > HTH, > Kenneth
you should have just linked to http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/perf.html -- Eduardo Tongson pornadmin.net/~tongson -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
