Re: [Soekris] net5501 network throughput

2008-07-05 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2008-07-05, Chris Babcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A 5501 can handle the full bandwidth of 100M links. However whether a > 5501 can handle your environment depends on how complex a ruleset you > are planning on using for firewalling. Besides ruleset, it also depends a lot on how many pack

Re: [Soekris] Are 5501's Safe To Buy/Use now ?

2008-07-05 Thread Johannes Bauer
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Re: [Soekris] net5501 network throughput

2008-07-05 Thread Vincent Li
> A 5501 can handle the full bandwidth of 100M links. However whether a > 5501 can handle your environment depends on how complex a ruleset you > are planning on using for firewalling. > > Do you know which OS/firewall package you would like to use? Also, what > do you have in place for a firewall

Re: [Soekris] net5501 network throughput

2008-07-05 Thread Chris Babcock
Vincent Li wrote: > Hi List, > > I am thinking to get net5501 installed as transparent firewall for the > university department network I manage. We are on 100M public network > and I manage up to 120 computers on the 100M public network. > > Note that as educational public network, we have lot

Re: [Soekris] Hard power problem with net5501-70

2008-07-05 Thread Jos de Ruijter
We're about to order a net5501 for deployment at a remote site as a firewall and VPN box. It would be nice to know any updates on this issue. Also, is the net5501-60 affected by the same problem? So far i've only read reports on 70s boards. ___ Soekris