Re: [pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-29 Thread Forrest Aldrich
I run an RFC LAN, with two NIC interfaces - one being the public interface that connects to Comcast. FreeBSD NATD runs on the external interface. As of FreeBSD-6, it can be told to run off the internal one. I don't really know if there's any benefit to that, though. Most of these issues h

Re: [pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-28 Thread Chris Buechler
Forrest Aldrich wrote: Oops sorry about that. ;-) I was using Intel 10/100 cards (dual port). I also had Kensingtons. It could also be due to other factors, such as my running FreeBSD's natd. But, I did notice that SMB file browsing was much more fast when I updated to the new machine.

Re: [pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-28 Thread Forrest Aldrich
In fact, I wonder if this old AP200 (Compaq) will boot of a CD!I'll find out tomorrow! ;-) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-28 Thread Forrest Aldrich
Oops sorry about that. ;-) I was using Intel 10/100 cards (dual port).  I also had Kensingtons. It could also be due to other factors, such as my running FreeBSD's natd.   But, I did notice that SMB file browsing was much more fast when I updated to the new machine. My net connection is cabl

Re: [pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-28 Thread Bill Marquette
On 10/28/05, Forrest Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an old Compaq AP200 (500mhz, maybe 512mb RAM). I think this > would be sufficient for the firewall. > > I admit to some ignorance here. > > In the past, I had this old Dell that was 400mhz. Network throughput > was slower (FreeBSD-

[pfSense Support] Hardware... (old)

2005-10-28 Thread Forrest Aldrich
I have an old Compaq AP200 (500mhz, maybe 512mb RAM). I think this would be sufficient for the firewall. I admit to some ignorance here. In the past, I had this old Dell that was 400mhz. Network throughput was slower (FreeBSD-4.x). When I put it onto a 2.8ghz box, I noticed a huge improve